Tuesday, January 12, 1993

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALBANY, NEW YORK 9 January 12, 1993 10 3:59 p.m. 11 12 13 REGULAR SESSION 14 15 16 17 SENATOR DEAN G. SKELOS, Acting President 18 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 19 20 21 22 23 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: The 3 Senate will come to order. Senators will find 4 their seats. 5 Would you please rise and join me 6 in the salute to the flag. 7 (The assemblage repeated the 8 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 In the absence of clergy, may we 10 bow our heads in a moment of silence. 11 Thank you. 12 Reading of the Journal. 13 Secretary will read. 14 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 15 Monday, January the 11th. The Senate met 16 pursuant to adjournment, Senator Skelos in the 17 Chair upon designation of the Temporary 18 President. The Journal of Sunday, January 10th, 19 was read and approved. On motion, Senate 20 adjourned. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Hearing 22 no objection, the Journal stands approved as 23 read. 1 Order of business: Presentation 2 of petitions. 3 Messages from the Assembly. 4 Messages from the Governor. 5 Reports of standing committees. 6 Reports of select committees. 7 Motions and resolutions. 8 Senator Stafford. 9 SENATOR STAFFORD: Mr. President, 10 may we hand up two resolutions, please, and the 11 third one, please -- there will be three -- and 12 ask that their titles be read and voted upon. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: 14 Secretary will read. 15 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 16 Marino, Senate Resolution, amending Section 1 of 17 Rule VII of the rules of the Senate, in relation 18 to the designation of certain standing 19 committees. 20 RESOLVED, that Section 1 of Rule 21 VII of the rules of the Senate be amended to 22 read as follows: 23 Section 1. There shall be the 1 following standing committees which shall serve 2 and shall continue throughout the year: To 3 consist of 26 Senators, Finance; to consist of 4 18 Senators, Codes; to consist of 17 Senators, 5 Judiciary and Rules; to consist of 16 Senators, 6 Banks and Education; to consist of 15 Senators, 7 Transportation; to consist of 14 Senators, 8 Insurance; to consist of 13 Senators, Crime 9 Victims, Crime and Correction; Environmental 10 Conservation; Housing and Community Development; 11 to consist of 12 Senators, Aging; Alcoholism and 12 Drug Abuse; Civil Service and Pensions; Com 13 merce, Economic Development and Small Business; 14 Consumer Protection; Elections; Energy; Higher 15 Education; Labor; Mental Health and Development 16 al Disabilities; Investigations, Taxation and 17 Government Operations; Tourism, Recreation and 18 Sports Development and Veterans; to consist of 19 10 Senators, Agriculture; Children and Families; 20 Cities and Health; to consist of nine Senators, 21 Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and 22 Local Government; to consist of eight Senators, 23 Ethics and Social Services. The Temporary 1 President, the Vice-President Pro Tempore, the 2 Deputy Majority Leader for Legislative 3 Operations and the Minority Leader and Deputy 4 Minority Leader shall be non-voting ex officio 5 members of all standing committees of the 6 Senate, of which they are not actual members. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: On the 8 resolution, all in a favor say aye. 9 (Response of "Aye.") 10 Opposed nay. 11 (There was no response. ) 12 The resolution is adopted. 13 THE SECRETARY: Legislative 14 Resolution, by Senator Goodman, honoring Louis 15 B. Cullman. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: On the 17 resolution, all in favor say aye. 18 (Response of "Aye.") 19 Opposed nay. 20 (There was no response. ) 21 The resolution is adopted. 22 THE SECRETARY: Legislative 23 Resolution, by Senators Skelos and Marino, 1 commending Robert M. Wallach, president and 2 chief executive officer of the Robert Plain 3 Corporation upon the occasion of his designation 4 for special honor at the General Insurance 5 Division Tribute Dinner sponsored by the State 6 of Israel Bonds on Tuesday, January 19th, 1993. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: On the 8 resolution, all in favor say aye. 9 (Response of "Aye.") 10 Opposed nay. 11 (There was no response. ) 12 If anybody would like to 13 co-sponsor that resolution, more than happy to 14 go on it. 15 The resolution honoring Mr. 16 Wallach, if there is anybody that would like to 17 co-sponsor that, will you please raise your 18 hand. 19 SENATOR STAFFORD: Thank you, Mr. 20 President. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Senator 22 Stafford. 23 SENATOR STAFFORD: Mr. President, 1 on behalf of Senator Marino, I hand up the 2 Senate Majority Leadership assignments and ask 3 that they be read, please. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: 5 Secretary will read. 6 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 7 Marino, Senate Majority Leadership: President 8 Pro Tem and Majority Leader, Ralph J. Marino; 9 Finance Committee Chairman, Ronald B. Stafford; 10 Vice-President Pro Tem, John J. Marchi; Deputy 11 Majority Leader for Legislative Operations, Jess 12 J. Present; Chairman of Majority Program 13 Development Committee, Roy M. Goodman; Chairman, 14 Majority Conference, Norman J. Levy; Senior 15 Assistant Majority Leader, Caesar Trunzo; 16 Assistant Majority Leader for Conference 17 Operation, Joseph L. Bruno; Assistant Majority 18 Leader for House Operations, Frank Padavan; 19 Majority Whip, Owen H. Johnson; Vice-Chairman, 20 Majority Conference, Dale M. Volker; Secretary, 21 Majority Conference, Hugh T. Farley; Deputy 22 Majority Whip, Kenneth P. LaValle; Chairman, 23 Majority Steering Committee, James J. Lack. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: To be 2 filed in the Journal. 3 SENATOR STAFFORD: May we stand 4 at ease for a few moments, please, Mr. 5 President. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: The 7 Senate will stand at ease. 8 (Whereupon, at 4:09 p.m., the 9 Senate stood at ease until 4:15 p.m.) 10 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Senator 11 Stafford. 12 SENATOR STAFFORD: Mr. President, 13 on behalf of Senator Marino, there's a - 14 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: May we 15 have some order, please. 16 SENATOR STAFFORD: There's a 17 Minority Leadership -- there's a Minority 18 Leadership list. May we please have it read. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: 20 Secretary will read. 21 THE SECRETARY: Senator Marino 22 hands up the following Senate Minority Leader 23 ship, 1993-1994: Minority Leader, Manfred 1 Ohrenstein, Deputy Minority Leader, Emanuel 2 Gold; Chairperson, Minority Conference, Olga 3 Mendez; Assistant Minority Leader for Policy and 4 Administration, Joseph Galiber; Assistant 5 Minority Leader for Conference Operations, 6 Anthony Masiello; Assistant Minority Leader for 7 Floor Operations, William Stachowski; Vice 8 Chairperson, Minority Conference, Martin 9 Solomon; Secretary, Minority Conference, David 10 Paterson; Minority Whip, Suzi Oppenheimer; 11 Assistant Minority Whip, George Onorato; Finance 12 Committee, ranking member, Donald Halperin. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Filed 14 in the Journal. 15 THE SECRETARY: Senator Marino - 16 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Senator 17 Stafford, with your permission, the committee 18 chairman will be read and then the members filed 19 in the Journal. 20 SENATOR STAFFORD: Thank you. 21 Please, Mr. President. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: 23 Secretary will read. 1 THE SECRETARY: Senator Marino 2 hands up the following Senate Majority standing 3 committee assignments: Chairmen of the Senate 4 standing committees for 1993: 5 Aging, Senator Skelos, Chairman; 6 Agriculture, Senator Kuhl, 7 Chairman; 8 Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 9 Senator Libous, Chairman; 10 Banks, Senator Farley, Chairman; 11 Children and Families, Senator 12 Saland, Chairman; 13 Cities, Senator Padavan, 14 Chairman; 15 Civil Service and Pensions, 16 Senator Trunzo, Chairman; 17 Codes, Senator Volker, Chairman; 18 Commerce, Economic Development 19 and Small Business, Senator Bruno, Chairman; 20 Consumer Protection, Senator 21 Sears, Chairman; 22 Corporations, Authorities and 23 Commissions, Senator Daly, Chairman; 1 Crime Victims, Crime and 2 Correction, Senator Maltese, Chairman; 3 Education, Senator Cook, 4 Chairman; 5 Elections, Senator Nozzolio, 6 Chairman; 7 Energy, Senator Seward, Chairman; 8 Environmental Conservation, 9 Senator Johnson, Chairman; 10 Ethics, Senator Pataki, Chairman; 11 Finance, Senator Stafford, 12 Chairman; 13 Health, Senator Tully, Chairman; 14 Higher Education, Senator 15 LaValle, Chairman; 16 Housing and Community 17 Development, Senator Hannon, Chairman; 18 Insurance, Senator Velella, 19 Chairman; 20 Investigations, Taxation and 21 Government Operations, Senator Goodman, 22 Chairman; 23 Judiciary, Senator Mega, 1 Chairman; 2 Labor, Senator Lack, Chairman; 3 Local Government, Senator Larkin, 4 Chairman; 5 Mental Health and Developmental 6 Disabilities, Senator Spano, Chairman; 7 Rules, Senator Marino, Chairman; 8 Social Services, Senator Holland, 9 Chairman; 10 Tourism, Recreation and Sports 11 Development, Senator Sheffer, Chairman; 12 Transportation, Senator Levy, 13 Chairman; 14 Veterans, Senator DeFrancisco, 15 Chairman; 16 Administrative Regulations Review 17 Commission, Senator Wright, Co-Chair, and 18 Senator Cook. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: Filed 20 in the Journal. 21 SENATOR STAFFORD: Thank you, Mr. 22 President, and may we please have the committee 23 assignments of the Majority and the Minority on 1 the committees filed. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: So 3 ordered. 4 SENATOR STAFFORD: Thank you, Mr. 5 President. There being no further business, I 6 move that we adjourn until Tuesday, January 19th 7 at 2:30 p.m., intervening days to be legislative 8 days. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT SKELOS: The 10 Senate stands adjourned. 11 (Whereupon at 4:21 p.m., the 12 Senate adjourned.) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23