Tuesday, May 10, 1994

3337 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 May 10, 1994 11 10:00 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR HUGH T. FARLEY, Acting President 19 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 20 21 22 23 3338 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 3 Senate will come to order. Senators will please 4 find their places. Please rise for the Pledge 5 of Allegiance to the Flag. 6 (The assemblage repeated the 7 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 8 Today we're pleased to have with 9 us the Reverend Peter G. Young, Pastor of the 10 Blessed Sacrament Church of Bolton Landing, New 11 York for the opening prayer. Father Young. 12 FATHER YOUNG: Let us pray. 13 May we pray for Thomas Laverne, 14 our dear friend, and a continuing recovery for 15 Senator Volker. 16 Almighty and Eternal God, may 17 Your grace enkindle in all of us, a love for the 18 many unfortunate people whom poverty and misery 19 reduce to a condition of life unworthy of human 20 beings. Arouse in the hearts of those who call 21 You Father, a hunger and a thirst for social 22 justice, for fraternal charity in deeds and in 23 truth. 3339 1 Grant, O Lord, peace in our day, 2 peace to all and peace to these people of New 3 York State who deserve again Your love now and 4 forever again. Amen. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 6 Secretary will begin by reading the Journal. 7 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 8 Monday, May 9th. The Senate met pursuant to 9 adjournment, Senator Farley in the Chair upon 10 designation of the Temporary President. The 11 Journal of Sunday, May 8th, was read and 12 approved. On motion, the Senate adjourned. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Hearing 14 no objection, the Journal will stand approved as 15 read. The order of business: 16 Presentation of petitions. 17 Messages from the Assembly. 18 Messages from the Governor. 19 Reports of standing committees. 20 We have a report of a standing committee. 21 Senator Present, we'll read it. 22 The Secretary will read it. 23 THE SECRETARY: Senator Lack, 3340 1 from the Committee on Judiciary, reports the 2 following nomination: Judge of the Court of 3 Claims, the Honorable Israel Margolis of 4 Binghamton. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 6 Lack. 7 SENATOR LACK: Thank you, Mr. 8 President. 9 I'm happy to stand and move the 10 nomination of the Honorable Israel Margolis of 11 Binghamton, who has been renominated by the 12 Governor for a term on the New York State Court 13 of Claims. 14 Senator -- excuse me. Senator - 15 Judge Margolis has been screened by the Judicial 16 Screening Committee and screened by the Senate 17 Judiciary Committee and has been found well 18 qualified by both, and I'm going to yield to 19 Senator Thomas Libous of Binghamton. Senator? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 21 Libous. 22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, Mr. 23 President, and thank you, Senator Lack. 3341 1 I rise to move the nomination of 2 Judge Israel Margolis who is -- I'm proud to say 3 is a friend of mine. 4 Judge Margolis is a native of 5 Binghamton. He's a life-long resident of 6 Binghamton, and he received his Bachelor's 7 degree and his law degree right up the road from 8 Binghamton at Cornell University - 9 SENATOR GOLD: I vote in the 10 affirmative. 11 SENATOR LIBOUS: -- a fine 12 university that I'm sure some in this room have 13 attended. 14 He's also -- he served our 15 country well in the United States Navy from 1944 16 to 1946. After that, Judge Margolis came back 17 to Binghamton where his family was and 18 eventually became a partner in the law firm of 19 Chernin and Gold from 1956 to 1987. 20 Mr. President, I first got to 21 know Judge Margolis while he was the Broome 22 County Elections Commissioner and when I was a 23 member of the Binghamton City Council, and Judge 3342 1 Margolis was always one who was very fair in any 2 decisions that he was making, either as election 3 commissioner or as one who served the community 4 in his many responsibilities. One of those also 5 was the responsibility of being the past 6 president of the Broome County Bar Association. 7 As I said earlier, Judge Margolis 8 and I are -- our paths have crossed through my 9 association with public service and, of course, 10 his. I've known the Judge to be a very 11 friendly, compassionate man. He is one who is 12 extremely well respected in our community back 13 home, Mr. President. He was one that I know 14 that former Majority Leader and state Senator 15 Warren Anderson thought very highly of and he 16 was able to call his friend and, Mr. President, 17 I am pleased to move this nomination. 18 And I would also like to note 19 that Judge Margolis is here today, Mr. 20 President, with his family. He's here with his 21 wife Brenda, who, if I might add, also has 22 dedicated her life to public service as one who 23 has worked and served in the county of Broome 3343 1 and also one who directed a very successful and 2 effective liability partnership program in 3 Broome County. 4 So, Mr. President, my colleagues, 5 I ask you to join me in the movement of this 6 nomination for Judge Israel Margolis, one who I 7 am proud to say is my friend. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 9 nom... on the nomination, Senator DeFrancisco. 10 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes, I rise 11 to second the nomination of Judge Margolis. 12 Although he's a resident of 13 Senator Libous' district, he spends probably as 14 much time on the floor that I reside in in the 15 State Office Building in Syracuse, and in that 16 capacity and also as a practicing attorney, 17 having discussed Judge Margolis with many other 18 practicing attorneys in the Onondaga County 19 area, there is one unanimous thing that you 20 hear, and that is that Judge Margolis is a fair, 21 compassionate individual who gives both sides 22 the opportunity to present their cases and makes 23 a fair and impartial decision. 3344 1 And he's a lawyer's judge. 2 Having practiced law for 30 years, he knows what 3 it is to get into a courtroom and present a 4 case, and he gives both sides the opportunity to 5 try their cases as they choose to try them, not 6 to interject his own feelings into those cases. 7 So the Senate, in 1987, confirmed 8 his first nomination as a Court of Claims judge, 9 and I rise to second his nomination and request 10 a unanimous vote to again confirm his nomination 11 in 1994. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 13 nomination, all in favor say aye. 14 (Response of "Aye".) 15 Those opposed, nay. 16 (There was no response.) 17 The nominee is confirmed. 18 Judge Margolis, we're very 19 pleased to confirm you, and on behalf of the 20 Senate, we welcome you here, and your wife 21 Brenda. 22 Congratulations and best wishes. 23 (Applause.) 3345 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 2 Secretary will read - 3 THE SECRETARY: Senator Lack, 4 from the Committee on Judiciary, reports the 5 nomination of the Honorable Leonard Silverman of 6 Woodmere as a judge of the Court of Claims. 7 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 9 nomination, Senator Lack. 10 SENATOR LACK: Thank you, Mr. 11 President. 12 I rise to move the confirmation 13 of the Honorable Leonard Silverman to succeed 14 himself as a judge of the Court of Claims of 15 this state. 16 As with Judge Margolis, Judge 17 Silverman has been screened by both the Judicial 18 Screening Committee and by the Senate Judiciary 19 Committee, and has been found to be -- be well 20 qualified. As to the details of Judge 21 Silverman's illustrious or less illustrious 22 past, I'll leave that to Senator Skelos and, I 23 assume, Senator Gold. 3346 1 I will make just a couple of 2 comments, if I can. Judge Silverman, as some of 3 you if you're old enough might remember, was a 4 member of this Assembly and chair of the 5 Assembly Insurance Committee. In his current 6 incarnation as a judge of the Court of Claims, 7 his court chambers are located immediately next 8 door to my district office in Hauppauge. That 9 has made for a very interesting dialogue over 10 the past almost decade between Judge Silverman, 11 myself and members of my staff. 12 I've got to tell you that Judge 13 Silverman and his staff have been more than kind 14 to myself, to my staff, the facilities that he 15 has put available for us to utilize have been 16 greatly appreciated on matters that have 17 pertained to court judicial administration in 18 this state. 19 Judge Silverman has been all too 20 helpful in allowing us to sit down and talk and 21 discuss with him matters that pertain to the 22 courts -- courts of this state. It's always 23 good to see a former member of the Legislature, 3347 1 Lenny Silverman, come up to Albany to get 2 recertified, reconfirmed as a judge of the Court 3 of Claims. He does a very good job and 4 certainly he is a nomination for which we in the 5 Senate and on behalf of the Governor can be 6 justly proud of. 7 As to whether or not he has done 8 specific things in his background which make him 9 worthy of the honor that is to be re-bestowed 10 upon him today, I would most gratefully yield to 11 Senator Skelos. Senator? 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 13 Skelos. 14 SENATOR SKELOS: Thank you very 15 much, Senator Lack and Mr. President. 16 I'm delighted now for the second 17 time to move the nomination of Leonard Silverman 18 to succeed himself as a Court of Claims judge. 19 The first time was in 1985 when I was first - 20 my first term in the Senate, and certainly that 21 was a day that I remember back ten years ago 22 when I had that opportunity. 23 Judge Silverman has distinguished 3348 1 himself in his career as an attorney, as an 2 Assemblyman. I remember when I was on staff in 3 the Assembly back in the mid-70s admiring his 4 work as chairman of the Insurance Committee, 5 where many of our no-fault laws, our insurance 6 laws, malpractice laws were drafted by then 7 Assemblyman Leonard Silverman. He's been active 8 in various bar associations. I can go on and on 9 about his credentials. Most of all, we've never 10 heard an ill word spoken of Judge Silverman and 11 certainly those who practice before him, he 12 gives them the respect that all judges should 13 give practitioners that go before him. 14 So it's my pleasure, although 15 it's hard to believe that ten years have passed, 16 to once again move the nomination of Judge 17 Leonard Silverman. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 19 Gold. 20 SENATOR GOLD: Thank you, Mr. 21 President. 22 There are a lot of affirmative - 23 affirmative reasons -- excuse me. This is a 3349 1 Brooklyn kid I'm talking about. There is a lot 2 of affirmative reasons to vote for Judge 3 Silverman, but on the other side of the coin, I 4 would like to just say to the members of the 5 Majority that if you do not confirm Judge 6 Silverman, he has an offering for an Assembly 7 nomination where he will once again take on the 8 Insurance Committee, and there's some bills out 9 there that he would still like to get his hands 10 on. 11 No, I don't want a motion to 12 adjourn. The fact is that I'm not going to 13 repeat a lot that has been said, but it's my 14 pleasure to know the Judge from back in the 15 early days of the '70s when I served with him in 16 the Assembly, and it's interesting to hear that 17 Senator Lack gets the benefit of his advice on 18 administrative court issues and whatever. From 19 my point of view, we're confirming somebody 20 because we just need people who are smart, 21 decent and compassionate human beings to be 22 judges on a day-to-day basis to the people that 23 I represent and we all represent, and that's 3350 1 Lenny Silverman. 2 If you want to find the exact - 3 the purfect English word to describe this man, 4 just take out a dictionary and look under mensch 5 because that's where you're going to find it. 6 Judge Silverman is that. He is what we want 7 judges to be. He's somebody who treats lawyers 8 and their clients and the clients and their 9 lawyers the way they should be so that the 10 lawyers can do their jobs and so that the 11 litigants can, in fact, get justice, because 12 that's what we are supposed to be all about. 13 So, it is a pleasure and an honor 14 to see this confirmation of Judge Silverman 15 together with Judge Margolis, and I think today 16 is a good day for the judiciary, and we ought to 17 be proud of ourselves. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 19 Markowitz. 20 SENATOR MARKOWITZ: Thank you 21 very much, Mr. President. 22 It's good to see the good guys 23 winning in both of these cases. As I look up 3351 1 and I see Judge Lenny Silverman, I have to tell 2 you that I certainly know that he remembers when 3 my head was one solid color, as I remember when 4 yours was as well. And, actually, as the Judge 5 was moving out of an elective two-year office 6 and moving to becoming a statesman, I was just 7 coming into this wonderful role of state Senator 8 from Brooklyn, in fact, in part of the area that 9 you so ably, very ably, represented. In fact, I 10 would like to thank Judge Silverman that time 11 that you were serving part of Brooklyn, perhaps 12 those were the glory days of our borough, days 13 that I hope and pray that all of us will see 14 again. We are working very hard to make that 15 happen, but I know that with competent and 16 outstanding judges such as yourself, it 17 certainly makes our job here in the Legislature 18 that much easier and more enjoyable. 19 Congratulations and best wishes. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 21 Solomon. 22 SENATOR SOLOMON: Thank you. 23 I would like to second the 3352 1 nomination of Judge Silverman who, prior to my 2 election, sat down with me for dinner or coffee, 3 we had a brief meeting. He gave me some unique 4 political advice for a district which he 5 represented, and I dare say, I don't think any 6 member of this Legislature ever received 7 political advice such as this. How many people 8 who represented an area told you, "First thing 9 you have to do, Marty, is go out and buy a black 10 suit", which was for a particular area of my 11 district in order to go to particular events so 12 you sort of blended in with the dress of the 13 constituency, and I think Judge Silverman, just 14 based upon that and the number of events that he 15 went to, represented the area very ably, I dare 16 say, and I know that he's done an excellent job 17 on the bench. Would have been interesting to 18 serve in the Senate and have someone in the 19 Assembly where I could have tried to pass some 20 bills in both houses with, but I'm sure Judge 21 Silverman has done a great job and he'll finish 22 out his term and complete his term in the 23 excellent manner in which he served the people 3353 1 of my current Senate district as an assemblyman 2 and he served the entire people of the state, 3 and I would like to second that nomination. 4 Thank you. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 6 nomination -- on the nomination, all in favor 7 say aye. 8 (Response of "Aye".) 9 Those opposed, nay. 10 (There was no response.) 11 The nominee is confirmed. 12 Judge Silverman, on behalf of the 13 New York State Senate, let me say how pleased we 14 are to confirm a former member of this legis 15 lative family and an outstanding judge. 16 Congratulations, best wishes and 17 a very good tenure. (Applause.) 18 The Secretary will read a report 19 of the Committee on Finance. 20 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 21 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 22 following nominations: Member of the state 23 Board of Historic Preservation, Monroe Fordham, 3354 1 Ph.D., of Tonawanda and Dean R. Snow, Ph.D., of 2 Burnt Hills; 3 Member of the state Council on 4 Home Care Services, Thomas A. O'Brien, of 5 Flushing and Sarah H. Trafton of Fairport; 6 Director of the Municipal 7 Assistance Corporation for the city of New York, 8 Dick Netzer, Ph.D., of Brooklyn and Eugene 9 Keilin, of Brooklyn; 10 Member of the Advisory Council to 11 the Commission on Quality of Care for the 12 Mentally Disabled, E. Regis Obijiski, of 13 Tillson; 14 Member of the Empire State Plaza 15 Art Commission, Janis Keane Dorgan, of 16 Slingerlands; 17 Banking member of the State 18 Banking Board, Charles J. Hamm, of Bronxville; 19 Member of the Allegany State Park 20 Recreation and Historic Preservation Commission, 21 Daniel P. Harris, of Olean; 22 Member of the Niagara Frontier 23 State Park, Recreation and Historic Preserva 3355 1 tion Commission, Joseph L. Newton, Jr., of 2 Appleton; 3 Member of the Thousand Islands 4 State Park, Recreation and Historic Preservation 5 Commission, Joseph F. Chavoustie, of Chaumont; 6 Member of the Board of Visitors 7 of the Bronx Psychiatric Center, Helen T. 8 Rosello, of the Bronx; 9 Member of the Board of Visitors 10 of the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center, Ina 11 Stone, of New York City; 12 Member of the Board of Visitors 13 of Rockland Children's Psychiatric Center, 14 Snowden Taylor, of Tappan; 15 Member of the Board of Visitors 16 of the Letchworth Village Developmental Center, 17 Helen S. Crabbe, of Orangeburg. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: On the 19 nominees, all in favor say aye. 20 (Response of "Aye".) 21 Those opposed, nay. 22 (There was no response.) 23 The nominees are confirmed. 3356 1 Report of select committees. 2 Communications and reports from 3 state officers. 4 Motions and resolutions. 5 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 7 Lack. 8 SENATOR LACK: I wish to call up 9 my bill, Senate Print Number 7213-A, recalled 10 from the Assembly and now at the desk. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 12 Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Lack, 14 Senate Bill Number 7213, an act to amend the 15 Uniform Commercial Code, in relation to 16 regulation of leases of personal property. 17 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President, I 18 move to reconsider the vote by which the bill 19 was passed. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 21 the roll on reconsideration. 22 (The Secretary called the roll on 23 reconsideration.) 3357 1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 46. 2 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President, now 3 that the bill is restored to third reading, I 4 move to discharge the Committee on Judiciary 5 from Assembly print 1041-A and substitute it for 6 my identical bill. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 8 Substitution is ordered. 9 SENATOR LACK: The Senate Bill on 10 first passage was voted unanimously, and I move 11 that the substituted Assembly bill now have its 12 third reading. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Unanimous. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 22 bill is passed. 23 SENATOR LACK: Mr. President, I 3358 1 wish to call up my my bill, 6963-A, now at the 2 desk, recalled from the Assembly. 3 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Lack, 4 Senate Bill Number 6963-A, an act to amend the 5 Estates, Powers and Trusts Law, in relation to 6 the division of trusts. 7 SENATOR LACK: I now move to 8 reconsider the vote by which this bill was 9 passed. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 11 the roll on reconsideration. 12 (The Secretary called the roll on 13 reconsideration.) 14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 46. 15 SENATOR LACK: I offer the 16 following amendments to the bill, and ask that 17 it retain its place. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 19 amendments are received. The bill will retain 20 its place on third reading. Senator Libous and 21 then Senator Nozzolio. 22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, Mr. 23 President. 3359 1 I move the following -- on behalf 2 of Senator Johnson, I move the following bills 3 be discharged from their respective committees 4 and be recommitted with instructions to strike 5 the enacting clause: Number 7925, on behalf of 6 Senator Johnson. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: So 8 ordered. 9 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 10 on behalf of Senator Volker, Mr. President, I 11 wish to call up his bill, Senate Print 246-A, 12 recalled from the Assembly which is now at the 13 desk. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 15 Secretary will read it. 16 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 17 Volker, Senate Bill Number 246-A, an act to 18 amend the Penal Law. 19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I 20 now move to reconsider the vote by which this 21 bill was passed. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 23 the roll on reconsideration. 3360 1 (The Secretary called the roll on 2 reconsideration.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 46. 4 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I 5 now offer up the following amendments. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 7 amendments are received. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 9 on behalf of Senator Goodman, I call up his 10 bill, Senate Print Number 1622-B, recalled from 11 the Assembly which is now at the desk. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 13 Secretary will read it. 14 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 15 Goodman, Senate Bill Number 1622-B, an act to 16 amend the Social Services Law. 17 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I 18 now move to reconsider the vote by which this 19 bill was passed. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 21 the roll on reconsideration. 22 (The Secretary called the roll on 23 reconsideration.) 3361 1 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 2 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, I 3 offer up the following amendments. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 5 Amendments are received. The bill will retain 6 its place. 7 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 8 on behalf of Senator Daly, on page 27, I offer 9 the following amendments to Calendar Number 715, 10 Senate Print Number 1093, and ask that said bill 11 retain its place on the Third Reading Calendar. 12 Mr. President, also on behalf of 13 Senator Daly, on page 17, I offer the following 14 amendments to Calendar Number 474, Senate Print 15 Number 21007, and ask that said bill retain its 16 place on the Third Reading Calendar. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 18 objection. 19 SENATOR LIBOUS: And Mr. 20 President, on behalf of Senator Volker, on page 21 15, I offer the following amendments to Calendar 22 Number 388, Senate Print Number 2502-C, and ask 23 that said bill retain its place on the Third 3362 1 Reading Calendar and, Mr. President - 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 3 objection. 4 SENATOR LIBOUS: -- may I offer 5 up the following resolution and ask that just 6 its title be read and passed. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 8 Secretary will read the title of Senator 9 Libous' - 10 THE SECRETARY: Legislative 11 Resolution, by Senator Libous, commemorating the 12 30th Anniversary of the Chenango County ARC. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All in 14 favor of the resolution say aye. 15 (Response of "Aye".) 16 Those opposed, nay. 17 (There was no response.) 18 The resolution is adopted. 19 Senator Marchi. 20 SENATOR MARCHI: Yes, Mr. 21 President. I wish to call up my bill, Print 22 Number 6521, recalled from the Assembly and is 23 now at the desk. 3363 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 2 Secretary will read it. 3 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 4 Marchi, Senate Bill Number 6521, an act to amend 5 the Environmental Conservation Law. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 7 Marchi. 8 SENATOR MARCHI: I move to 9 reconsider the vote by which this bill passed. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 11 the roll on reconsideration. 12 (The Secretary called the roll on 13 reconsideration.) 14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 16 bill is before the house. 17 Senator Marchi. 18 SENATOR MARCHI: I Offer the 19 following amendments. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 21 objection. 22 Senator Nozzolio. 23 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: Mr. President, 3364 1 on behalf of Senator Volker, please place a 2 sponsor's star on Calendar Number 764. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Bill is 4 starred at the request of the sponsor. 5 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: On behalf of 6 Senator Johnson, please place a sponsor's star 7 on Calendar Number 828. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 828 is 9 starred at the request of the sponsor. 10 Senator Seward. 11 SENATOR SEWARD: On page 24, I 12 offer the following amendments to Calendar 681, 13 Senate Print Number 4371, and I ask that the 14 bill retain its place on the Third Reading 15 Calendar. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 17 objection, the bill will retain its place. 18 SENATOR NOZZOLIO: And also, Mr. 19 President, I would like to place a sponsor's 20 star on Calendar Number 666. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 666 is 22 starred at the request of the sponsor. 23 Senator Holland. 3365 1 SENATOR HOLLAND: Mr. President, 2 can you star my bill, Calendar 799, please? 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 799 is 4 starred at the request of the sponsor. 5 Senator Spano. 6 SENATOR SPANO: Mr. President, 7 could you please place a sponsor's star on 8 Calendar 809 and 810? 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Without 10 objection, the bills are starred. 11 Any other motions on the floor? 12 The Secretary has a substitution. 13 THE SECRETARY: On page 4 of 14 today's calendar, Senator spano moves to 15 discharge the Committee on Civil Service and 16 Pensions from Assembly Bill Number 2153 and 17 substitute it for the identical Calendar Number 18 867. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 20 Substitution is ordered. 21 THE SECRETARY: On page 7, 22 Senator Daly moves to discharge the Committee on 23 Corporations, Authorities and Commissions from 3366 1 Assembly Bill Number 11355 and substitute it for 2 the identical Calendar Number 891. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 4 Substitution is ordered. 5 THE SECRETARY: On page 25, 6 Senator Volker moves to discharge the Committee 7 on Codes from Assembly Bill Number 10828 8 substitute it for the identical Calendar Number 9 696. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 11 Substitution is ordered. 12 THE SECRETARY: On page 29, 13 Senator Daly moves to discharge the Committee 14 and Corporations, Authorities and Commissions 15 from Assembly Bill Number 10631-A and substitute 16 it the for identical Third Reading 749. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 18 Substitution is ordered. 19 THE SECRETARY: On page 33, 20 Senator Spano moves to discharge the Committee 21 on Education from Assembly Bill Number 11434 and 22 substitute it for the identical Calendar Number 23 783. 3367 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 2 Substitution is ordered. 3 THE SECRETARY: On page 36, 4 Senator Maltese moves to discharge the Committee 5 on Local Government from Assembly Bill Number 6 10571 and substitute it for the identical 7 Calendar Number 813. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 9 Substitution is ordered. 10 Are there any other motions on 11 the floor? 12 Senator Present. 13 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 14 I move that we adopt the Resolution Calendar 15 with the exception of Resolutions 3506 and 3542, 16 and that those two resolutions be recommitted to 17 the Finance Committee. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The - 19 all in favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar 20 please say aye. 21 Senator Galiber. 22 SENATOR GALIBER: Mr. President, 23 there's one resolution I would like to either 3368 1 put aside for the time being and read in its 2 entirety and that's 3547. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Do we 4 have that? I think that -- all in favor of 5 adopting the Resolution Calendar with 6 exceptions, please -- Senator Gold, did you ask 7 if - 8 SENATOR GOLD: Let's do that and 9 then I want to handle another situation. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Okay. 11 There's a motion on the floor to adopt the 12 Resolution Calendar with exceptions. All in 13 favor please say aye. 14 (Response of "Aye".) 15 Those opposed, nay. 16 (There was no response.) 17 The Resolution Calendar is 18 adopted with exceptions. The Resolution 19 Calendar has been adopted with exceptions. The 20 two exceptions have been recommitted. 21 Senator Levy doesn't have 22 anything to say. 23 Senator Present. 3369 1 SENATOR PRESENT: Would you 2 recognize Senator Larkin; I believe he has a 3 privileged resolution. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 5 Larkin. 6 SENATOR LARKIN: I have a 7 privileged resolution at the desk. Just read 8 the title. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All 10 right. We're pleased to read the title of 11 Senator Larkin's resolution. 12 THE SECRETARY: Legislative 13 Resolution, by Senator Larkin, commending 14 Frances Sodrick upon the occasion of her 15 designation as recipient of the Orange County 16 Mental Health Distinguished Services Award on 17 Thursday, May 12th, 1994. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: All in 19 favor of adopting the resolution please say 20 aye. 21 (Response of "Aye".) 22 Those opposed, nay. 23 (There was no response.) 3370 1 The resolution is adopted. 2 Senator Present. 3 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 4 can we take up the non-controversial calendar, 5 please? 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 7 Secretary will read the non-controversial 8 calendar. 9 THE SECRETARY: On page 23 of 10 today's calendar, Calendar Number 654, by 11 Senator Hannon - 12 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 14 aside. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 699, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 7574, 17 an act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law, in 18 relation to corrective remedies. 19 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 20 SENATOR GALIBER: Lay it aside. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 22 aside. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3371 1 727, by Senator Hannon, Senate Bill Number 6627, 2 an act to amend the Administrative Code of the 3 city of New York, in relation to access to 4 correct housing maintenance code violation. 5 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay the bill 6 aside. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay the 8 bill aside. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 740, by Senator Hannon, Senate Bill Number 7500, 11 an act to amend the Retirement and Social 12 Security Law, in relation to the earnings of 13 disability pensioners. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 15 the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect immediately. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 19 the roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: That 23 bill is passed. 3372 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 754, by Senator Marchi, Senate Bill Number 1586, 3 an act directing the city of New York to refund 4 to certain not-for-profit organizations. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 755, by the Assembly Committee on Rules, 17 Assembly Bill Number 8067-A, authorizing the 18 city of New York to reconvey its interests in 19 certain real property. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: There's 21 a home rule message here at the desk. You can 22 read the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3373 1 act shall take effect immediately. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 3 the roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll.) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 7 bill is passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 757, by Senator Stafford, Senate Bill Number 10 435 - 11 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 13 that bill aside. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 758, by Senator Cook, Senate Bill Number 2279, 16 an act to amend the Highway Law, in relation to 17 abandoned highways. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act - 22 SENATOR ONORATO: Senator Cook, 23 could we get one day on this, please? 3374 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay the 2 bill aside for the day. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 760, by Senator Present, Senate Bill Number 5 3859, an act to amend the Vehicle and Traffic 6 Law and the Parks, Recreation and Historic 7 Preservation Law. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 9 the last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 11 act shall take effect immediately. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 13 the roll. 14 (The Secretary called the roll.) 15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 17 bill is passed. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 761, by Senator Levy, Senate Bill Number 3886-C, 20 directing the Commissioner of Transportation to 21 develop test pilot programs. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 23 the last section. 3375 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect immediately. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 4 the roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 8 bill is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 762, by member of the Assembly Gantt, Assembly 11 Bill Number 9611, an act to repeal Paragraph C 12 of Subdivision (1) of Section 401 of the Vehicle 13 and Traffic Law. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 15 the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect immediately. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 19 the roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 51. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 23 bill is passed. 3376 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 763, by Senator Goodman, Senate Bill Number 3 6972, an act to amend the Transportation Law. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 5 the last section. 6 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 7 act shall take effect immediately. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 9 the roll. 10 (The Secretary called the roll.) 11 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 50, nays 1, 12 Senator Wright recorded in the negative. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 765, by Senator Libous, Senate Bill Number 7770, 17 an act to amend the Highway Law designating the 18 relocated Front Street in the city of Binghamton 19 as a state highway. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 21 the last section. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 23 act shall take effect immediately. 3377 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 2 the roll. 3 (The Secretary called the roll.) 4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 52. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 6 bill is passed. 7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 8 766, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 1986, 9 an act to amend the Real Property Tax Law, in 10 relation to granting real property tax 11 exemption. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 13 the last section. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 17 the roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll.) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 21 bill is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 772, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 7888, 3378 1 an act to amend Chapter 841 of the Laws of 1987. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 773, by Senator Saland - 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 15 aside. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 774, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 4660, 18 an act to amend the Family Court Act. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 20 the last section. 21 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 22 act shall take effect immediately. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 3379 1 the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 5 bill is passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 775, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 5500, 8 an act to amend the Family Court act, in 9 relation to procedures for the temporary removal 10 of a child with consent. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 12 the last section. 13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 14 act shall take effect immediately. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 16 the roll. 17 (The Secretary called the roll.) 18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 20 bill is passed. 21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 22 776, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7673, 23 Social Services Law, in relation to child abuse 3380 1 and maltreatment hearings. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 3 the last section. 4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 5 act shall take effect immediately. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 7 the roll. 8 (The Secretary called the roll.) 9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: That 11 bill is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 777, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7675, 14 Executive Law and the Family Court Act - 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 3381 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 778, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7833, 4 an act to amend the Social Services Law - 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 779, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7834, 17 an act to amend the Domestic Relations Law - 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 23 the roll. 3382 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 781, by Senator Stachowski, Senate Bill Number 7 1297, Education Law, in relation to school lunch 8 periods. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 12 act shall take effect immediately. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 14 the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 18 bill is passed. 19 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 20 782, by Senator Cook, Senate Bill Number 7541, 21 an act to amend the Education Law, in relation 22 to the definition of a facility child. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 3383 1 the last section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3 act shall take effect immediately. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 5 the roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 9 bill is passed. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 783, substituted earlier today, by the Assembly 12 Committee on Rules, Assembly Bill Number 11434, 13 an act to amend Chapter 118 of the Laws of 1969. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 15 the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect immediately. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 19 the roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: That 23 bill is passed. 3384 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 784, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7639, 3 in relation to legalizing, certifying and 4 confirming the acts of Germantown Central School 5 District. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 785, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7640, 18 to authorize the payment of transportation aid 19 to the Germantown Central School District. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 21 the last -- there's a local fiscal impact note 22 at the desk. You can read the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3385 1 act shall take effect immediately. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 3 the roll. 4 (The Secretary called the roll.) 5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 7 bill is passed. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 786, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 7641, 10 in relation to legalizing, certifying and 11 confirming the acts of the Germantown Central 12 School. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 16 act shall take effect immediately. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: That 22 bill is passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3386 1 787, by Senator Cook, Senate Bill Number 7697, 2 Education Law and the public Health Law. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 4 Cook -- Senator Cook, he wants a day. Lay the 5 bill aside for the day. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 788, by Senator Cook, Senate Bill Number 7871, 8 Education Law, in relation to efficiency study 9 grants. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 11 the last section. 12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 13 act shall take effect immediately. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 15 the roll. 16 (The Secretary called the roll.) 17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 19 bill is passed. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 793, by Senator Lack, Senate Bill Number 4471, 22 Agriculture and Markets Law, in relation to the 23 sale and delivery of liquefied petroleum gas. 3387 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 2 the last section. 3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 4 act shall take effect immediately. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 6 the roll. 7 (The Secretary called the roll.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 10 bill is passed. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 803, by Senator Holland, Senate Bill Number 13 6969, Social Services Law, in relation to the 14 single room occupancy support services program. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 3388 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 805, by Senator Spano, Senate Bill Number 4 2028-A - 5 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 7 that bill aside. 8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9 808, by Senator Spano, Senate Bill Number 7011, 10 Labor Law. 11 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 13 aside. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 816, by Senator Saland, Senate Bill Number 16 5765-B, authorizing the town of Wappinger, 17 county of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of 18 certain park lands. 19 SENATOR GOLD: Yeah, would 20 Senator Saland let us have one day on this, 21 please? We'll give him anything he wants. 22 Okay. Lay it aside temporarily, please. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay the 3389 1 bill aside. 2 SENATOR GOLD: Senator Saland, 3 may we have one day, please, sir? 4 SENATOR SALAND: Excuse me? 5 SENATOR GOLD: On 816, can we 6 have one day? 7 SENATOR SALAND: If you would 8 like the day -- if there's a question, I would 9 certainly be happy to answer it. 10 SENATOR GOLD: I will relay that 11 to the people who were really asking the 12 questions who were using me as a front. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay the 14 bill aside for today. 15 SENATOR GOLD: Thank you very 16 much. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 818, by Senator Skelos, Senate Bill Number 19 6344-A, General Municipal Law, in relation to 20 authorizing an "early bird" bingo game. 21 SENATOR LEICHTER: Lay it aside. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 23 this bingo game aside. 3390 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 820, by Senator Bruno, Senate Bill Number 6898, 3 an act to amend Chapter 460 of the Laws of 1986, 4 creation of the Saratoga Lake Protection and 5 Improvement District. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 821, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 6904, 18 an act to amend the Local Finance Law, in 19 relation to the sale of municipal obligations by 20 the county of Erie. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: There's 22 a home rule message here at the desk. You can 23 read the last section. 3391 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect immediately. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 4 the roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 8 bill is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 822, by Senator Nolan, Senate Bill Number 6907, 11 an act to legalize and validate the adoption of 12 a bond resolution in the town of New Scotland. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 14 the last section. I'm sorry, before we read the 15 last section, there's a home rule message at the 16 desk. Now you can read the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 3392 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 823, by Senator Stafford, Senate Bill Number 4 7023, authorizing the Town of Waverly, county of 5 Franklin, to discontinue the use of and transfer 6 of certain parks lands. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 8 the last - 9 SENATOR GOLD: May we have one 10 day on this bill? 11 SENATOR PRESENT: Lay it aside 12 for the day. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 14 aside for the day. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 824, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 7199, 17 an act to amend the Erie County Tax Act. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 23 the roll. 3393 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 55. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 825, by Senator Volker, Senate Bill Number 7518, 7 an act to amend the Town Law, in relation to the 8 deadline for annual audit to be completed. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 12 act shall take effect immediately. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 14 the roll. 15 (The Secretary called the roll.) 16 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54, nays 1, 17 Senator Pataki recorded in the negative. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 19 bill is passed. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 827, by Senator Pataki, Senate Bill Number 22 2876-A, Environmental Conservation Law, in 23 relation to state agency environmental audits. 3394 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 2 the last section. 3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 4 act shall take effect immediately. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 6 the roll. 7 (The Secretary called the roll.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 57. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 10 bill is passed. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 831, by Senator Johnson, Senate Bill Number 13 7722, Environmental Conservation Law. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 15 the last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect immediately. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 19 the roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 57. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 23 bill is passed. 3395 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 833, by Senator Maltese, Senate Bill Number 3 1648. 4 SENATOR ONORATO: Lay it aside. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay 6 that bill aside. 7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 8 834, by member of the Assembly Ramirez, Assembly 9 Bill Number - 10 SENATOR GOLD: Lay it aside. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Lay it 12 aside. 13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 14 835, by Senator Maltese, Senate Bill Number 15 2115, an act to amend the Correction Law. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 17 the last section. 18 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 19 act shall take effect immediately. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 21 the roll. 22 (The Secretary called the roll.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 57. 3396 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 2 bill is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 845, by Senator Holland, Senate Bill Number 5 2659, an act to amend the Tax Law. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 57. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 15 bill is passed. 16 Senator Present, that's the first 17 time through. 18 Senator Libous. 19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 20 could I have unanimous consent to be recorded in 21 the negative on Calendar Number 761? 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: 761, 23 Senator Libous will be in the negative. 3397 1 Senator Present. 2 SENATOR PRESENT: Would you 3 recognize Senator Paterson; I believe he has a 4 privileged resolution. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 6 Paterson. 7 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President, 8 I have a privileged revolution -- resolution, 9 kind of as in a revolution -- that I would like 10 to be read at the desk, if it would be all 11 right. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: The 13 Secretary will read Senator Paterson's privi 14 leged resolution. 15 THE SECRETARY: Legislative 16 Resolution, by Senator Paterson, congratulating 17 and honoring President Nelson Mandela as the 18 first popularly elected president of the new 19 South Africa and the first black president of 20 South Africa. 21 WHEREAS, it is the sense of this 22 legislative body to walk in the noontide of 23 righteous resolve - 3398 1 SENATOR GALIBER: Mr. President. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Hold 3 on. 4 SENATOR GALIBER: Mr. President. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: I'm 6 going to ask that you hold your conversations 7 down for Senator Paterson's resolution. The 8 Secretary will continue reading. 9 THE SECRETARY: -- it is the 10 sense of this legislative body to walk in the 11 noontide of righteous resolve, in the eternal 12 light of peace with the imperishable hope of 13 freedom for all nations of the world; 14 Attendant to such concern and 15 fully in accord with its long-standing 16 tradition, it is the intent of this legislative 17 body to commend Nelson Mandela upon the occasion 18 of his election as the first popularly elected 19 president of South Africa; 20 Nelson Mandela, in spite of 21 nearly 27 years of political imprisonment, has 22 dedicated a lifetime spanning more than 70 years 23 to securing racial equality, political freedom 3399 1 and economic empowerment for all South Africans; 2 Nelson Mandela exemplifies a 3 spirit, dedication and foresight which has not 4 only precipitated independence and 5 enfranchisement for all South Africans but has 6 propelled him forward as the first popularly 7 elected president of the New Republic of South 8 Africa; 9 The African National Congress, in 10 spite of countless threats, beatings and arrests 11 and assassinations of its membership and leader 12 ship, has waged an ever vigilant battle to 13 eradi- cate the last vestiges of racism and 14 colonialism from South Africa and to bring about 15 a truly democratic state; 16 With about 46 percent of the 17 estimated 22.7 million votes counted, the people 18 of South African have cast their ballots for the 19 first time in a multi-racial election and 20 furnished an electoral mandate to the architects 21 of the New Republic of South Africa; 22 The African National Congress was 23 projected to win around 240 seats in the new 400 3400 1 seat Parliament. 2 With the demise of the dreaded 3 social system of apartheid, the people of South 4 Africa have spoken in unity and in peace; 5 WHEREAS, on May the 10th, 1994, 6 Nelson Mandela will be inaugurated at a ceremony 7 attended by world leaders, including Hillary 8 Rodham Clinton and Vice-president Al Gore; 9 The desire for freedom and self 10 determination upon the part of the people of 11 South African touches the hearts of all. It 12 transcends the advocates of mindless retrench 13 ment; it frays and shreds the mantle of purblind 14 indifference which so cruelly seeks to rewrite 15 the tragic history of black sufferings arching 16 across the great Atlantic, it strikes a resonant 17 chord upon the American bell of freedom; 18 Upon the occasion of this 19 historic achievement, it is the sense of this 20 legislative body to pause in its deliberations 21 and so proudly congratulate President Mandela 22 and the African National Congress in recognition 23 of their monumental achievements and their 3401 1 electoral victory, and join with the nations of 2 the world in welcoming a new democracy to those 3 already heroically committed to the fruition of 4 freedom's promise; 5 This legislative body maintains 6 its pledged commitment to work with and support 7 continuing efforts to eradicate racism and 8 improve living standards in the newly elected 9 Republic of South Africa; now therefore, be it 10 RESOLVED, that this legislative 11 body pause in its deliberations to commend 12 Nelson Mandela upon the occasion of his election 13 as the first popularly elected president of the 14 New Republic of South Africa and the first black 15 president of South Africa; and be it further 16 RESOLVED, that copies of this 17 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted 18 to President Nelson Mandela and the African 19 National Congress. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 21 Paterson, on the resolution. 22 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President, 23 I want to thank all of my colleagues for being a 3402 1 part of the resolution. I would also like to 2 thank Senator Gold and the members of the 3 Majority for making it possible for us to have 4 the resolution read at this time and I'm hoping 5 that we will do more than pause from our 6 deliberations in harmonious celebration of this 7 historical event. 8 I hope that we will take the 9 meaning of what occurred today in South Africa 10 and try to think globally in terms of human 11 rights violations that are taking place in 12 Rwanda as we speak, of human rights violations 13 that are taking place in Bosnia and in human 14 rights violations that are taking place right 15 here in the United States. 16 I've never been to South Africa, 17 but I have been to the South Bronx. I have been 18 to -- to areas of this state where people are 19 living in what are the squalor conditions that 20 many South Africans lived in and many as a 21 result of violations that occurred in this 22 country hundreds, and in some cases, decades 23 ago. 3403 1 We're hoping that this moment in 2 history, this opportunity in which 90 percent of 3 South Africans went to the polls and elected 4 Nelson Mandela, their president, will start in 5 place right here in United States where we have 6 presidential elections that less than half the 7 population votes in, statewide primaries that 8 less than 20 percent of the people vote in, 9 school board elections when sometimes 5 percent 10 of the population votes in. 11 Maybe we have taken our rights 12 for granted at a time when the world so sorely 13 needs the participation. How else do you judge 14 society unless you judge it by those who make up 15 the society? But when we think that we are in 16 1994, in our vast age of technology when we can 17 televise this inauguration around the world, 18 when we can have interviews with many who 19 participated and they'd be seen 7,000 miles 20 away, when we think about that time period, 21 isn't it interesting that some of the simplest 22 and most common aspects of human nature are not 23 observed and are only now being laid to rest in 3404 1 places like South Africa. Is it that our 2 ability to learn in a logical and mathematical 3 sense has exceeded, our human values? I guess 4 that is the case. 5 No one in South Africa ever 6 thought that apartheid was a policy that was 7 correct or in any way commensurate with how 8 people should live anyway, anywhere. None of 9 the high officials of the South African 10 government ever really believed that this was 11 the way that people should live in our time or 12 in any other time, and yet it was allowed to 13 happen. Why would that be the case? Why was 14 apartheid not only encouraged but was sanctioned 15 by the government? Let's just remember that 16 every time there was a protest, that any time 17 there was a disturbance, there were government 18 troops coming out to quell it. Let's remember 19 that right here in this chamber, Senator 20 Montgomery and others joined to try to limit the 21 rights of corporations that were registered in 22 New York State that were doing business in South 23 Africa, and we stood silently by for years and 3405 1 just hoped that the situation would work itself 2 out. Well, the situation worked itself out, no 3 thanks to our participation, and yet we are 4 still obliged and are allowed to join in the 5 celebration. 6 Perhaps what we might want to do, 7 rather than just relinquish the opportunity, is 8 to seize upon the moment and look at our state 9 and look at our government and look at our house 10 and see how much in order it may be. How many 11 issues that we might discuss or might address 12 are at this time being held hostage when we know 13 that any value or any condition that would 14 promote any interest in our neighbors would 15 compel us to discuss it and to try to ameliorate 16 some of the conditions that our brothers and 17 sisters right here in America are enduring? How 18 many times have we ignored the opportunity to be 19 a part of history and to be part of that 20 celebration? 21 There will be no discussion in 22 the moment in which Nelson Mandela who once sat 23 in the prison and looked through the windows at 3406 1 the state house who will now sit in the state 2 house and look through the windows of the 3 prison, there will be no remembering of those 4 who complied or got along just by going along 5 with the apartheid conditions of South Africa. 6 History will not remember them. History will 7 remember those who rather chose out -- to speak 8 out against that injustice with the truth, who 9 tried to do something to change those 10 conditions, and it is in their honor that we try 11 to remember them. 12 I remember being outside this 13 chamber one day a few years ago when a colleague 14 came up to me and said there was an article 15 about Nelson Mandela, that he and his daughter 16 hadn't spoken to each other in 20 years. It 17 would -- and that this was not a good image for 18 a black father to be portraying, but the problem 19 is that Nelson Mandela's daughter is 43 years 20 old. Nelson Mandela is 73 years old. This was 21 a -- apparently some kind of a dispute involving 22 a second marriage that occurred as adults. This 23 in no way would reflect the contribution this 3407 1 man has made to humankind as a leader, not to 2 delve into some personal problem, but it makes 3 me understand that we have now become a hard 4 copy generation. We would rather indulge 5 ourselves in the eccentricities of peoples' 6 existence rather than the contribution that they 7 have made to such an extent that we can stand in 8 this chamber and even be part of what would be a 9 society that is striving for freedom today. 10 And so those are the issues that 11 history represents, not just the minor 12 malfeasances of individual character but the 13 overall great good that they have done and have 14 contributed to our society and to the world. 15 And so it is in that spirit that 16 I offer this resolution, a prelude, I hope to a 17 remembrance of the kinds of goals and values 18 that we strive for as human beings that we can 19 appreciate whether we are Asian, black, Hispanic 20 or white, whether we are upper middle class or 21 welfare recipients, whether we send our children 22 to public or private school or in any way that 23 we live our lives, we understand that there are 3408 1 certain self-truths, there are certain dignities 2 that we should bestow upon our neighbors that 3 unfortunately is still misunderstood in this 4 century, and it took until May the 10th, 1994, 5 for the nation of South Africa, the new South 6 Africa, to recognize all people at least on 7 paper in a way that would equal their value as 8 human beings. We hope that this will be the 9 beginning of a new era in which land rights and 10 also self-determination will not only follow the 11 South Africa government but every government of 12 people around the world. 13 Thank you, Mr. President. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 15 Galiber. 16 SENATOR GALIBER: Thank you, Mr. 17 President. 18 I could never really think this 19 could ever happen in my lifetime. Those of us 20 who are here in this chamber, and there are some 21 good folk in this chamber who have helped this 22 happen in South Africa. I used to say, Senator 23 Paterson, the same thing, we could have no 3409 1 freedom in South Bronx until we have freedom in 2 South Africa. If this is any indication, 3 certainly things are looking better. It's been 4 an awful long time coming. 5 Can you imagine in the real 6 world, someone for a commitment, for a cause, 7 spent 27 years in jail -- 27 years in jail 8 because you believe that all people were truly 9 created equal, and that they should have an 10 opportunity to participate? 11 I can recall some years ago as I 12 reflect on progress, as we moved, I can recall 13 Senator Marchi at a convention some years ago 14 who was out for sanctions and committed to the 15 same causes that we were when some of his 16 colleagues, not all, some of his colleagues were 17 suggesting to us that the Sullivan approach was 18 better. "Wait. Let's see. Let's not go too 19 fast", but he focused as usual on the notion 20 that if you are committed for as long as 27 21 years and you can come out of prison after 27 22 years with love in your heart, with no hatred, 23 looking not to get even but to move forward, 3410 1 what a -- what a person, what a man, what a 2 golden opportunity, if you will, for us to 3 reflect on what he represents. 4 If we can take just a piece of 5 the cloth that he wears, magnify it and send it 6 over, if you will, to the problems that we have 7 here in this great state, that the racism that 8 still exists -- its ugly head is still there, 9 this frame of mind I keep telling you over and 10 over about, the practices of discrimination - 11 why are we wasting so much valuable time? 12 When Nelson Mandela left jail, 13 there were some who would suggest that Nelson 14 Mandela was free, and there are some of us who 15 wisely said "No, he's not free. He's not free. 16 He's just out of jail." And I suggest that we 17 look at South Africa as we celebrate this great 18 day, great day for democracy, as we see walls 19 come tumbling down, as we see countries driving 20 or striving or struggling, if you will, for the 21 sense of democracy, all not calm yet but 22 certainly working towards democracy. We're 23 living in such interesting times and fantastic 3411 1 times with Senator Marchi and to many of my 2 colleagues and others who have been on the side 3 of righteousness, what is good and what is right 4 and what is fair. We've got to watch South 5 Africa and not get hoodwinked into a position 6 that now that we have a president for the first 7 time, that everything is okay, everything is 8 going to run smooth. I say not so. We have to 9 be extremely careful because to be a president 10 and not take the advantage or control over the 11 natural resources of that country, is a mere 12 president with no power, so they need our help 13 in so many, many ways. 14 And in closing, I would like to 15 say that oppression, period, is a fight and a 16 struggle against oppression, and we've had 17 phases of oppression and we've moved forward in 18 this country, and every now and then we feel a 19 sense of slippage when we're taking two steps 20 forward and sliding back three, but we all 21 should join in celebration, whatever our 22 discipline, whatever our attitudes are, we 23 should join in celebration of this day. 3412 1 For all people as you saw them on 2 the lines waiting to vote in South Africa, we 3 have folks here who won't come out of their 4 high-rises off the 14th floor to vote. They 5 have forgotten in this great country of ours, 6 when people just a few years ago were not 7 allowed to vote unless you owned property and a 8 whole slew of other conditions precedent 9 forgotten, but to see the elderly people in 10 Africa in wheelchairs saying "this is my last 11 act, last act for democracy, last act to take an 12 opportunity to participate," what a great lesson 13 there is to be learned today. 14 So, Mr. President, as we pause, 15 and rightly so, in celebration for democracy, 16 celebration for integrity, celebrate for 17 sticktoitiveness, celebrating love versus 18 hatred, because I can think of no other person 19 except Mandela, president Mandela, to spend 27 20 years in jail with all the hardships and the 21 abuse and the tragedies that have occurred in 22 South Africa, the killings and the children that 23 have died, I can't imagine how he survived, but 3413 1 as we celebrate this occasion, we should look at 2 that experience, his experience as our experi 3 ence and move forward and stop nitpicking over 4 some of the nonsense that's taking place even at 5 this particular time. 6 So I take the opportunity to 7 congratulate South Africa and to thank those of 8 my colleagues who were helpful in terms of the 9 sanctions and helpful in terms of applying 10 pressure and, John Marchi, I point you out 11 individually to say thank you, because I know 12 for sure of your position when you were fighting 13 against your colleagues who did not want us to 14 go through and proceed, so there are some 15 victories in our world and this is one of them. 16 Thank you, Mr. President. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 18 Marchi. 19 SENATOR MARCHI: It's, indeed, a 20 very moving experience to witness the fact that 21 -- well, today is the day, isn't it? It's May 22 10th -- that this event has taken place. Now, 23 this isn't more of same, more nations acquiring 3414 1 statehood in Africa or anywhere else. This is 2 an experience that has been in a process of 3 evolution for a number of years, and as has been 4 said with a great deal of human sacrifice, great 5 suffering, great emotions being challenged, 6 abuses, all kinds of things taking place, and 7 yet, the final impact was the emergence of an 8 individual, and mind you, you have not had this 9 in my memory, at least since the days of Mahatma 10 Gandhi stepping out of prison as it were, and in 11 a relatively short time by comparison to that 12 time when he was not free to function, to assert 13 the moral grandeur of this new nation, the 14 spiritual grandeur of this nation. 15 The first thing that the new 16 president said, "I am the president of all the 17 people". Now, you never had this. In most 18 cases, there was somebody crowing over a 19 victory. His was an affirmation that he is the 20 president of all the people, and the formulation 21 of that government was for the purpose of 22 speaking to all of them as members of this new 23 society that was emerging. Now, this is an 3415 1 exciting step. This isn't something that had 2 happened virtually as nations were born during 3 the last 30 and 40 and 50 years. This was 4 something different. It had a moral and 5 spiritual context, and it is a challenge. It's 6 not the beginning of the end. It's the end of 7 the beginning, but the important steps are going 8 to be now. 9 If there is a great victory in 10 terms of positive progress from now on -- and 11 that will require international cooperation and 12 the comity of nations knowing that the responsi 13 bility that is there, do we realize what this is 14 going to mean to other nations that are still in 15 -- in deep difficulty in terms of achieving and 16 perfecting their own independence. It helps 17 us. It helps anybody on the planet. If this 18 can -- if this affirmation -- and it's not going 19 to happen overnight with tremendous victories. 20 It's going to be acquired by hard work and it's 21 going to be acquired by the cooperation of 22 nations, and that benefit is going to flow to 23 everybody on this planet, because if it can be 3416 1 done, it will be a dramatic example of what good 2 faith can mean. 3 I remember several years back, an 4 attempt was made to provide an auspices. We 5 have an auspices in this country since 1922 or 6 '23 in providing academic opportunities to 7 foreign students, and this is sponsored by the 8 federal government, and it was my suggestion and 9 others that we do the same thing on a state 10 basis even if it's a modest basis and taking 11 other areas where an auspices can be created for 12 -- for the preparation of a cadre that will be 13 able to step in and assume the responsibilities 14 for crafts, for new technology, for so many - 15 for so many functions that are going to be 16 required for the success of over 20 million 17 people functioning -- functioning successfully. 18 There's a lot of infrastructure 19 there already, but meaningful participation will 20 require furnishing that type of auspices for a 21 growing number of people who, in the throes of 22 the last years of this effort, were distance - 23 distant from a process even at the level which 3417 1 it existed at that time. There was a slow-down 2 so that receptive communities and receptive 3 states can provide even on a modest basis but in 4 their totality would constitute a very, very - 5 a dramatic contribution in assisting a new state 6 come into being with the cadre of people, 7 because the richness of that nation is going to 8 be its people, and if they have the proper tools 9 with which to function, they are going to enrich 10 and build on what they have. 11 So that it's a great opportunity, 12 I think as a day of rejoicing for all elements 13 of decency that exist throughout this planet, 14 and it's going to come back many times if we 15 recognize the opportunity that we have that 16 should be seized, that opportunity should be 17 seized to make a very dramatic impact and to 18 give every assurance that we believe that this 19 will function. 20 Even the number of people -- I 21 believe Senator Paterson mentioned the great 22 number of people that voted in South Africa 23 compared to the fact that we bring in less than 3418 1 half of our voting population to the polls. 2 That's the importance that was attached to what 3 was being done, and this educative process, this 4 involvement, everyone had a share, everyone had 5 a little peice of that nationhood that was being 6 created, and they went to the remotest areas. 7 It was very dramatic just to see in some of the 8 news reports, the televised reports of the 9 super-human efforts that were being made to 10 reach as many people as possible regardless of 11 the remoteness of their residence, because it 12 was very important. It wasn't just one more 13 vote. This was establishing a bond -- this was 14 a bonding operation. These people were 15 participating in the creation of a nation,, and 16 in most cases this doesn't happen. It's the 17 product of an elite. This wasn't an elite. 18 This was everybody and everybody had a little 19 piece of it. We didn't even have that 20 experience ourselves in the founding of our own 21 nation. 22 So this was a rather unusual and 23 dramatic way of establishing a statehood, a 3419 1 direct participation and a direct solicitation 2 and the provisioning of that opportunity to cast 3 their ballot, that was the passport to becoming 4 a member of a new nation, and that was a pass 5 port that very few nations have ever experienced 6 anywhere else, but it did happen here, so we had 7 so many things happening -- people participating 8 directly in great numbers, every effort being 9 made to extend that franchise and to take this 10 bonding experience and then handing it to those 11 who would be assuming responsibility and the 12 response was "We are one nation." That was 13 Nelson Mandela's response. 14 All right. I think it's a great 15 moment in history. It's one of the -- one of 16 the signal steps that you find very few counter 17 parts anywhere else, very few counterparts that 18 -- that can trace the footsteps that were taken 19 prior to the establishment of a new member of 20 the family of nations in the form and the 21 complete and total form with which we behold it 22 today. 23 So it's a day to rejoice, but 3420 1 it's also one for sober reflection on the 2 serious responsibilities that we assume and we 3 rejoice over these circumstances because we, by 4 our collective -- the comity of nations and by 5 collective realization of the responsibility the 6 free world has, we have the opportunity to make 7 a function, and it's going to -- it's going to 8 happen naturally, but it has to be supported, 9 and there's no worse blasphemy than denying our 10 dependency on each other, and even ourselves. 11 We will benefit greatly. We will benefit 12 greatly by the very example that will be set if 13 we give full effect and full credence in our own 14 commitment to what has happened. 15 So, again, we must thank 16 providence that steps have taken the trend they 17 have, but it's also an indication that our work 18 is cut out for us in trying to give every 19 conceivable encouragement, positive 20 encouragement, to those people who have now 21 embarked on a -- on a very difficult operation 22 but which I believe, given the faith that they 23 3421 1 have professed already, is going to endure to 2 the benefit of mankind. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 4 Waldon. 5 SENATOR WALDON: I first want to 6 applaud Senator Paterson for making it possible 7 for us to have the opportunity to speak on 8 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and his inauguration 9 as president of South Africa. 10 I would like to compliment, Mr. 11 President, the Republican side for recognizing 12 that today is the day that he was sworn and 13 today is the day that we should deal with this 14 resolution. This is a great day of pride for 15 me. 16 So allow me -- let me back up to 17 the time that I was a young child in Florida and 18 New York. In Florida everybody was black in my 19 neighborhood, but when we moved to Halsey Street 20 in Brooklyn, I met people from all over the 21 world in terms of the children who were in my 22 classes. Stanley Yuslowski, his family came 23 from the Russias, Jewish; "Sonny" Galino, his 3422 1 grandparents had come from Italy. He was 2 Italian-American. Went to Junior High School 3 85. I met guys who were great ball players, 4 whose grandparents had come from Ireland. They 5 were Irish-Americans. Met a guy named Freitche, 6 super ball player, tough guy, German-American, 7 and when we would talk about their parents and 8 where their parents had come from and their 9 experiences, they spoke with great pride about 10 the home land, the mother country, but I did not 11 and could not at that time, because there 12 weren't a lot of classes in school teaching me 13 about where my people had come from. The movies 14 depicted us in very bad ways. In fact, I can 15 honestly admit now, because I'm mature enough to 16 recognize that I can distinguish between what 17 was good then and bad then and what is good now 18 and bad now versus who I am, my self-image, I 19 was ashamed of the fact that my people had come 20 from Africa because everything I saw spoke to 21 the "dark continent", the ignorant people from 22 there, people in trees wearing short outfits. 23 So today is a day where children 3423 1 who are young of age, as I was in the '40s, will 2 never have to experience what I experienced, 3 because when you ask the question, what is 4 Nelson Mandela, you have to respond, a 5 visionary, a man of great stature and intellect, 6 a true leader of all the people, a man who put 7 himself second to the cause that he saw as 8 necessary for the viability and the survival of 9 South Africa: Freedom and democracy. 10 When you ask, what does Nelson 11 Mandela mean to Al Waldon, it has to be 12 responded with I, too, walk a little taller 13 because of this giant -- this man who will be 14 remembered, in my opinion, historically as was 15 Mahatma Gandhi and as is Mahatma Gandhi; as was 16 Franklin Roosevelt and as is Franklin Roosevelt; 17 as was Winston Churchill and as is Winston 18 Churchill. This man will become one of the 19 great historical leaders of our time, and I 20 believe of all time. 21 But the significance of the 22 achievement of bringing from a state of 23 apartheid to democracy in South Africa for the 3424 1 children who are of the African Diaspora, in my 2 opinion, will be that they now can be very proud 3 of their ancestry. They now can no longer be 4 fooled into thinking that Africa is not a valu 5 able and viable place, with all of its mineral 6 wealth and all of its beauty, because it is a 7 stark reality as of today when Nelson Mandela 8 took the presidency of South Africa. 9 So I applaud all of us in what we 10 did in our own way to make it possible for South 11 Africa to be what it is today and for Nelson 12 Mandela to ascend to the presidency. I thank 13 you for the book drive where many of you have 14 helped. I thank you for the gifts that you made 15 years ago in regard to your votes affecting the 16 policies -- financial policies of New York 17 State, in regard to your encouragement of those 18 from South Africa who came here needing to be 19 encouraged. 20 I thank you for your comradeship 21 with me, a great, great, great grandson of 22 somebody from somewhere in Africa. 23 Today is a day of great pride. 3425 1 It's a day mostly of great pride for those of 2 South Africa, but secondarily for those of us 3 who have descended from those of all of Africa. 4 But it is also a day of pride for each of you 5 because, when this man achieved what he 6 achieved, all humankind on earth achieved as 7 well. 8 Thank you very much, Mr. 9 President. 10 SENATOR GOLD: Mr. President. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 12 Gold. 13 SENATOR GOLD: Thank you, Mr. 14 President. 15 Mr. President, I would be less 16 than candid if I didn't admit that, when I 17 watched the movie EXODUS, and the British 18 finally accede and the blockade is broken and 19 the ship is on its way to Israel, I cry a 20 little; I choke. And I admit that you -- I 21 don't know anyone who watches that one scene in 22 CASABLANCA where they sing "The Marseillaise" 23 and everybody gets involved and the Germans are 3426 1 put down at that point, and I choke and I cry. 2 And I won't delude anybody here. As I sat in 3 The Egg today and they showed the inauguration 4 of Nelson Mandela, my eyes were not dry. It was 5 -- it was enormous. It's just an enormous, 6 enormous event in the history of this world. 7 My dear friend, Senator Waldon, 8 says that as a result of today, he can walk a 9 little taller. Well, I want to tell you 10 something, Senator. I don't think there's any 11 freedom-loving person on the earth who shouldn't 12 walk a little taller today. Today is a day when 13 human beings did something human, and we all 14 know that, unfortunately, that's too unusual. 15 But today was a day when, if you were a human 16 being and you saw this, it had to affect you 17 whether or not your ancestors came from Africa 18 or any other continent. 19 A number of people have referred 20 to the -- this vision of a man for 27 years 21 looking out of prison at a palace, and now 27 22 years later looking back the other way. That 23 man is a man whose picture and name was banned 3427 1 from the press for all that time, and here's a 2 man who, after 27 years of that, keeps his eye 3 on the ball. He understands that the success of 4 his country is more important than revenge, and 5 whereas, as human beings, we understand how 6 someone could build up an enormous hatred, an 7 enormous resentment, and could come out, get 8 that freedom and "show the world" in the violent 9 sense, the man has his eye on the target, and 10 will take that country and show that what is 11 inside of him is the success of his country is 12 more important than whatever venality was done 13 to him than to show that he could do that to 14 other people. 15 I also was very touched today by 16 not only what I saw on the screen when they 17 showed the inauguration, but by something else 18 which I thought was very important. There were 19 faces in that audience and these weren't 20 "thems", these were ours, these are our kids, 21 American kids, growing up here and they had such 22 a feeling of pride at what happens so many, many 23 miles away, that humanity took a step up and 3428 1 that they could, as my distinguished colleague 2 indicated, walk a little taller. They sang the 3 new anthem of the Republic, and it was 4 beautiful. It was beautiful music because it 5 came more from heart than from the vocal cords. 6 I believe, and I was taught as a 7 youngster that, when good things happen, you 8 should always give something to charity. You 9 always had a little pushki around, you give 10 seduca. When things are good you respond, and I 11 would like to see this Legislature do this. 12 There was no problem today getting this 13 resolution out, because we have a distinguished 14 deputy Majority Leader and his really very, very 15 distinguished counsel, who understood that this 16 had to be today, and I'm not shocked that they 17 did the right thing because Jess Present usually 18 does the right thing in helping us run this 19 Senate. 20 But while today is Nelson 21 Mandela's day, we have a session that will 22 continue for the next few weeks, months maybe, 23 and the way to show the enormity of this act is 3429 1 in what we do day to day, whether we put out 2 bills which are mean-spirited or bills which 3 take care of people, our people, whether we put 4 out bills which stake out political positions or 5 whether we put out bills that start to 6 comprehend the needs of everybody in this state 7 to be a part of the process, a part of the 8 economic process, the social process, and then 9 we will show that we not only passed a 10 resolution on one day, but we understood the 11 enormity of the event. 12 I want to close by saying that I 13 remember, as probably everybody remembers, where 14 they were the day Kennedy was shot, the day 15 other significant events happened, and I can 16 tell you, I will always remember breaking into 17 our day today at the request of Comptroller 18 McCall and the Caucus, to sit with other people 19 in a large room and see this enormous event take 20 place in front of my eyes. 21 It is a day when I can forget 22 about the mass murderers, and I could forget 23 about those who have dedicated their lives to 3430 1 destruction. It is a day when we can really 2 say, "Today it ain't so bad being a human 3 being. Today the good guys did win one." 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FARLEY: Senator 5 Connor, then Senator Montgomery. 6 SENATOR CONNOR: Thank you, Mr. 7 President. 8 We've seen some momentous events 9 in history in these past years, and today was 10 probably -- was undoubtedly one of the most 11 momentous occasions I've witnessed from afar, to 12 see a man who spent 27 years in prison -- and 13 let me say it's not unusual that the liberators 14 spend time in prison. Nehru, Gandhi, De Valera, 15 Nkrumah, Kenyatta, Macarios, on and on the list 16 goes, the people who spent years in prison 17 fighting colonizers, fighting for human rights, 18 fighting for the liberty and democracy. But I 19 dare say none of them -- none of them spent such 20 an enormous portion of their lives in prison as 21 did Mandela, for principle, and the character of 22 this man that he could come out of that and not 23 be bitter, be hopeful, be positive, is truly 3431 1 remarkable, and I think if we look back through 2 history, we think of world figures that we 3 observed in our lifetimes. It places him among 4 the few truly unique who could have such a 5 spirit, such an indomitable spirit, such a 6 hopeful spirit, that he's not embittered by the 7 kind of imprisonment and enslavement he 8 personally underwent and by the kind of 9 tragedies and barbarism the people he leads were 10 forced to suffer by an unjust system. 11 I think the other remarkable 12 thing or the other thing that's true about 13 Nelson Mandela is, like other liberators, he has 14 liberated everyone in his nation. He has liber 15 ated not just the oppressed, but he has liberat 16 ed the oppressors from the kinds of hard hearts, 17 from the kinds of debilitating demoralization 18 that undoubtedly their perpetuation of such an 19 atrocious system as apartheid caused them. 20 And it was truly remarkable to 21 see him inaug... Mandela inaugurated as 22 president of the Republic of South Africa and to 23 see the salutes from the military leaders who, 3432 1 for the most part, were white Afrikaans, to see 2 De Klerk congratulate him because what you 3 realized is, Mandela just didn't simply uplift 4 the spirits and free his people, the black 5 people and the other people of color of South 6 Africa, but he liberated the white minority. He 7 liberated them from the chains of their own 8 hatred. He liberated them and lifted their 9 hearts from the kind of coldness that they, by 10 perpetuating this system, had brought themselves 11 into. 12 He lifted them from the only 13 depths that they dug for themselves, even as 14 they oppressed others, and that's the true mark 15 of a liberator, the true mark of someone who 16 will lead the South African Republic on to true 17 justice that will perfect the democracy they now 18 have, and it is simply -- it is truly a 19 remarkable event in the history of humankind to 20 see such a hopeful development for people every 21 where, no matter who they are, and I hope that 22 we still have work -- I know we still have work 23 to do in our own state, in our own country, to 3433 1 ennoble people, to ennoble the human spirit for 2 everyone, to make sure everyone has an 3 opportunity, to make sure that in addition to 4 political justice there is economic justice for 5 all, and I hope all of us pause and take 6 inspiration from what Nelson Mandela and his 7 comrades in the African National Congress -- and 8 we can think of so many going back who gave 9 their lives. I hope we can all take inspiration 10 from that, and the ceremony that Comptroller 11 McCall and the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus 12 sponsored today, at the end of it, we joined 13 hands, and it took me back over 30 years to when 14 I was much younger, when we sang We Shall 15 Overcome today, it reminded me of many occasions 16 in the '60s and early '70s and, frankly, while 17 in those days many of us were hopeful, were 18 rebellious at the time, I don't think any of us 19 really in our -- deep in our hearts, that we 20 carried or ever thought we would live so long to 21 see what we have seen come to fruition today, 22 and it's just a wonderful event, and I thank 23 Senator Paterson for bringing forth this 3434 1 resolution so that we may all honor the heroes 2 of South Africa and also take inspiration for 3 our own work yet to come. 4 Thank you, Mr. President. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 6 Montgomery. 7 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Thank you, 8 Mr. President. 9 I just want to add my voice to 10 say, one, thank you to Senator Paterson and the 11 leadership in this Legislature -- this legis 12 lative body, for taking out this time and 13 allowing us an opportunity to express what I 14 suspect are such feelings of pride that it 15 doesn't even come through, though we try to 16 express it as best we can. And I know that, 17 though I was the prime sponsor, along with a 18 number of my colleagues in this house, of 19 legislation which was aimed at trying to 20 escalate the -- this moment in time, that, for 21 various reasons, primarily political I suppose, 22 we were not able to get that legislation onto 23 the floor and voted for. However, I want to say 3435 1 that Senator Marchi and I, and I think Senator 2 Marchi, long before Nelson Mandela was released 3 from prison, had a sense and a vision that this 4 day would come and, in anticipation of that, 5 Senator Marchi supported legislation which would 6 have allowed our state to participate in a 7 preparation of people in South Africa so that, 8 when this day came which he knew would come 9 sooner or later, there would be a base of people 10 who would be prepared for this to take over. 11 I also had conversations with 12 other members of the other side, including one 13 of the members who I respect and love so dearly 14 and miss so much even until today, Senator Gene 15 Levy, who said to me that, though the 16 legislation is not coming to the floor, you can 17 be assured that there are members on this side 18 who support it. 19 So I thank my -- my colleagues 20 for that kind of vision and that kind of support 21 and I guess there are so many of us, therefore, 22 who can take such pride in this moment because 23 we have, in fact, been part of this liberation, 3436 1 and so it is partly ours, and I think that for 2 me, the moment of greatest pride and joy and 3 happiness and fulfillment was the day that 4 Nelson Mandela walked out of jail, out of 5 prison, and in that moment I felt that it was in 6 honor of the many thousands of people, women and 7 children and men, who had died for that moment 8 and many millions of people around the world who 9 kept the flame burning and kept the faith and 10 fought and worked for that moment to happen, and 11 I am so sure that there were so many hours and 12 years that Nelson Mandela spent in that prison 13 cell, in those prison cells, anticipating the 14 freedom of his people and remembering the reason 15 that he was there, and contemplating what he 16 would do as a freed person and how he would 17 participate in the true liberation as Senators 18 have spoken about today and, therefore, when he 19 came out, he was prepared and I had that sense 20 when he walked out of -- out of there that this 21 day was going to come and that he would be part 22 of it. And so it's the fulfillment of the kind 23 of dream that people have that only happens 3437 1 perhaps only once in a lifetime and, for those 2 of us for whom it happens more frequently, it is 3 indeed so wonderful. 4 But this, I think, is a once-in 5 a-lifetime fulfillment of a dream for so many of 6 us, and I am so thankful that it is Nelson 7 Mandela who is fulfilling that dream, for I know 8 of no other person in this world at this time 9 that I believe could and will carry out the 10 mission and the cause and the course for which 11 he was he was imprisoned, and that is that for 12 those who will fight and die for their freedom, 13 freedom is sweeter and more significant, and it 14 embraces us all. 15 So I join my colleagues in this 16 wonderful moment that we have set aside. To me 17 it is a statement by this body that the reason 18 that we are here is being honored and that we 19 really do believe in it. We believe in this 20 democracy and we celebrate a man who is 21 hopefully going to bring that realization to a 22 part of the world that has been in darkness for 23 so many years. 3438 1 So thank you, Mr. President. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 3 Dollinger. 4 SENATOR DOLLINGER: Thank you, 5 Mr. President. I'll be brief. 6 I want to add my voice to those 7 of my colleagues and add just one slight 8 variation. I think the wonder of today is what 9 it tells us about our ability to change 10 ourselves. As I sat here and listened to my 11 colleagues' comments, I remembered two little 12 phrases that summarize what I think is the 13 American democratic experience and which I think 14 are important to keep in mind as we discuss 15 Nelson Mandela. 16 One is the principle of one 17 person and one vote, and there could be no 18 greater affirmation, as Senator Marchi said, 19 than the vote of 22 million people who formerly 20 did not have the right to vote in South Africa, 21 who walked many miles to vote, who exercised 22 their franchise in favor of change, and it's 23 that collective will, that power of people 3439 1 grouping together to effectuate change, that 2 Nelson Mandela symbolizes. 3 But he also symbolizes one other 4 very important phrase in the American political 5 experience, and that is that one person can make 6 a difference. It seems to me that the 7 individual liberty, the individual spirit that 8 we recognize in this democracy, that we want to 9 have flourish in this democracy under the 10 concept of collective will, we have to allow 11 individual human dignity to not only come to the 12 fore, to flourish, to flower and to effectuate 13 change. 14 What I've learned by the lesson 15 of today is that history can be changed. We are 16 not its product. We are its author. A will, 17 the collective will is our pen and the future is 18 the clean slate on which we can write and what I 19 hope this affirmation of human dignity symbol 20 ized in the inauguration of Nelson Mandela does 21 today is embolden all of us to take that pen, 22 whether we're black or white, yellow, brown or 23 any hue in between, and that we'll write a 3440 1 future that we can all be proud of it that will 2 recognize our collective ability to live 3 together and the importance of the individual 4 human spirit. 5 Mr. President, I congratulate my 6 colleagues for bringing this resolution 7 forward. I think it's a great day for all of us 8 and a great day to celebrate the human dignity 9 not only of the man who persevered through 10 prison to the presidency but of all of us who 11 would like to write a future of change so that 12 we can all celebrate this not only on these 13 momentous occasions but every single day. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 15 Pataki. 16 SENATOR PATAKI: Mr. President, I 17 rise as well to congratulate Senator Paterson on 18 sponsoring this resolution and to add my words 19 of thanks and happiness about the tremendous 20 events that have transpired in South Africa. 21 We were all, I believe, 22 tremendously moved to see the lines stretching 23 for miles of people, free people, finally given 3441 1 their democratic right standing there, waiting 2 to exercise that right, and I think it has a 3 great deal of meaning for us in this body and 4 for all New Yorkers and all Americans as well, 5 and that is that ultimately oppression, racism, 6 bigotry, hatred, will not prevail in the face of 7 a people united in spirit and united and wanting 8 simple freedom and dignity that is the right of 9 everyone as a resident of this planet. 10 And second, that when you do have 11 extraordinary individuals such as Nelson 12 Mandela, that it doesn't take tanks or planes or 13 weapons to overcome oppression and injustice. 14 It takes spirit and a willingness to fight and 15 be bigger than the oppressors, and I think we 16 have to learn from this, that injustice does not 17 have to be met by injustice. Nelson Mandela has 18 shown a willingness, an ability to forgive and 19 transcend his oppressors that all of us could 20 learn from, and it was just amazing today to be 21 reading that Nelson Mandela's cellmate when they 22 were in prison together by the oppressive 23 regime, as of next week will be the head of the 3442 1 corrections department in the new free South 2 Africa, and I think we can all have confidence 3 that he will be a fairer, more just, more human 4 person in that capacity because of the spirit 5 and the inspiration that Nelson Mandela has 6 given not just to the now free people of South 7 Africa but to all of us across the world who 8 have to admire his greatness. 9 So again, I just want to join and 10 thank Senator Paterson for offering this 11 resolution and join with my colleagues in saying 12 that this is a wonderful day not just for South 13 Africa, but for African-Americans or for 14 Americans but for everyone in this world who 15 respects the dignity and the freedom of 16 individuals and the capacity of one great 17 individual to overcome and rise above hatred and 18 bigotry. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 20 Paterson. 21 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President, 22 we recognize that not everyone had an 23 opportunity to speak on the resolution so we 3443 1 would like to leave the resolution open for 2 anybody who would like to be part of it. 3 Senator Pataki is certainly right 4 that this day was brought about with the 5 certainly surprisingly less violence than we 6 would have thought, maybe synonymous with the 7 glorious revolution, the bloodless revolution of 8 the enlightenment in 1688. Hopefully, it will 9 be a prelude of how governments can be changed 10 and enlightened without the use and the 11 necessity of force, a lesson we hope will be 12 learned around the world, and I would just like 13 to close with a fond remembrance that I don't 14 think I've ever shared with any colleague. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 16 Paterson, if I may, just before you close, if I 17 could ask Senators who would like to sponsor 18 just raise your right hand, please. 19 SENATOR GOLD: Recognize Senator 20 Kuhl. 21 SENATOR KUHL: Would you take 22 this opportunity to put all members of the 23 Senate on the bill, on the resolution, excuse 3444 1 me, and if there is somebody who wishes for 2 their own personal reasons not to, they can 3 indicate to the desk that they would not wish to 4 be on the resolution. That will solve the 5 problem. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 7 Chair has no objection with that. 8 Senator Paterson to close. 9 SENATOR PATERSON: I was just 10 going to point out that in 1986, which was my 11 first year in this chamber, we had a discussion 12 about sanctions in South Africa, and Senator 13 Montgomery's attempt to -- to penalize those 133 14 companies that were doing business in South 15 Africa and, during that debate, Senator Marchi 16 made a comment that he had read that 75 percent 17 of black South Africans took part in a poll or 18 75 percent of black South Africans that took 19 part in a poll voted against government 20 sanctions against the South African government. 21 At that point, I wanted to point 22 out to Senator Marchi, that at that time it was 23 actually against the law to take a position 3445 1 opposite that of the South African government, 2 so that anybody who voted to the contrary 3 certainly was making himself eligible for 4 imprisonment in South Africa. 5 When I left the chamber that day, 6 Senator Marchi came up to me and, with the 7 discourse that I often heard in this chamber and 8 some of the words that went back and forth 9 between the Majority and the Minority, when he 10 came up to me, I thought that Senator Marchi was 11 going to try to kill me, and what he said was 12 that he had never realized that that was 13 actually the case and that he would rethink his 14 position on sanctions and that one thing was for 15 sure, that he would never cite that as an issue 16 in favor of not having sanctions at that 17 particular time. 18 So it was a good lesson for me in 19 my first year that, in spite of the perceived 20 problems inherent in some of our differences in 21 this chamber, that through the dialogue that we 22 had, particularly during these resolutions and 23 other debates that we indulge in, that we do 3446 1 have some understanding that goes back and forth 2 between these aisles, and this is certainly a 3 good day to recognize it. 4 Thank you. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: On the 6 resolution, all in favor indicate by saying 7 aye. 8 (Response of "Aye.") 9 Opposed? 10 (There was no response. ) 11 The resolution is adopted 12 unanimously. 13 Senator Goodman. 14 SENATOR GOODMAN: No. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 16 Kuhl. 17 SENATOR KUHL: Any housekeeping? 18 SENATOR PRESENT: Senator Cook. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 20 Present. 21 SENATOR COOK: Mr. President, on 22 page 24, I offer the following amendments to 23 Calendar Number 669, Senate Print 7710, ask that 3447 1 said bill retain its place on Third Reading 2 Calendar. 3 And also I'd like to place a star 4 on Calendar Number 819. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Star is 6 placed on 819. Amendments accepted without 7 objection. 8 Senator Present. 9 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 10 have we completed housekeeping? 11 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: I 12 believe so. 13 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. Cornell is 14 caught up. 15 Mr. President, I'd like to remind 16 the members that the Senate picture will be 17 taken tomorrow promptly at noon. It's 18 imperative that we adhere to the schedule of the 19 cameraman for he has a tight schedule and would 20 like to move from this chamber over to the other 21 chamber. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Senator 23 Present, before we continue, the clerk has one 3448 1 other item. 2 SENATOR PRESENT: O.K. 3 THE SECRETARY: The Governor 4 returned without executive approval Senate Bill 5 Number 1142-A, by Senator Volker, Veto Number 3, 6 an act to amend the Real Property Law, in 7 relation to disclosure obligations of real 8 estate brokers and agents. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: Lay it 10 on the table. 11 Senator Present. 12 SENATOR PRESENT: Mr. President, 13 there being no further business, I move that we 14 adjourn until tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT LIBOUS: The 16 Senate is adjourned until tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. 17 (Whereupon at 5:37 p.m., the 18 Senate adjourned. ) 19 20 21 22 23