Tuesday, April 11, 1995

4482 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 April 11, 1995 11 3:01 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR JOHN R. KUHL, JR., Acting President 19 STEPHEN F. SLOAN, Secretary 20 21 22 23 4483 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 3 Senate will come to order. Ask the members to 4 find their places, the staff to take their 5 places. Ask everyone in the chamber to rise and 6 join with me in saying the Pledge of Allegiance 7 to the Flag. 8 (The assemblage repeated the 9 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 10 We're very pleased today to be 11 joined by the Reverend Khatchig Megerdichian of 12 the Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church in 13 Troy. 14 Father Megerdichian. 15 FATHER KHATCHIG MEGERDICHIAN: 16 Let us pray. Dear God, we thank You for the 17 gift of life and for granting us the honor and 18 privilege of living in this great land of 19 freedom and opportunity, where each and every 20 one of us has the freedom to worship in the 21 faith of their ancestors. We thankfully 22 dedicate our lives to Your glory, to the service 23 of our fellow man, to freedom, justice, 4484 1 righteousness and the democratic way of life. 2 We humbly pray that You preserve 3 and protect this great nation, the United States 4 of America, and all of its federal and state and 5 municipal agencies. We humbly pray that Your 6 divine wisdom illuminate the hearts and souls 7 and minds of our President, cabinet and Congress 8 and especially, our Governor, state Senate and 9 Assembly. 10 As we gather here today on the 11 occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Armenian 12 genocide, we remember and honor and pay tribute 13 to the blessed memory of over one and a half 14 million innocent Armenian men, women and 15 children who became victims of the first 16 genocide of the 20th Century at the hands of the 17 Ottoman Turks between 1915 and 1923. 18 We pray that the grievous wrongs 19 of brutal massacre, mass deportation and 20 starvation committed against the Armenian people 21 be known to the world and set right, so that the 22 sacred blood of our ancestors will not have been 23 shed in vein. 4485 1 Dear God, may the trials and 2 tribulations which the Armenian people 3 experienced throughout their long, illustrious 4 history not be experienced by any nation of the 5 world again. 6 And now, Dear God, we pray. 7 Grant us faith, hope and love. Make us 8 instruments of Your peace. Teach us to glorify 9 Your holy name, humbly serve our fellow man and 10 unceasingly strive for freedom and justice all 11 the days of our lives. Amen. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Amen. 13 Reading of the Journal. 14 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 15 Monday, April 10th. The Senate met pursuant to 16 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, April 9th, 17 was read and approved. On motion, the Senate 18 adjourned. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Hearing 20 no objection, the Journal stands approved as 21 read. 22 Presentation of petitions. 23 Messages from the Assembly. 4486 1 Messages from the Governor. 2 Reports of standing committees. 3 Reports of select committees. 4 Communications and reports from 5 state officers. 6 Motions and resolutions. 7 The Chair recognizes Senator 8 Farley. 9 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, Mr. 10 President. 11 On behalf of Senator Levy, on 12 page 23, I offer the follow amendments to 13 Calendar Number 377, Senate Print 3941, and I 14 ask that the said bill retain its place on the 15 Third Reading Calendar. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 17 amendments are received and adopted. The bill 18 will retain its place on the Third Reading 19 Calendar. 20 Senator Skelos. 21 SENATOR SKELOS: Yes, Mr. 22 President, at this time if we could adopt the 23 Resolution Calendar. 4487 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 2 motion is to adopt the Resolution Calendar. All 3 those favor signify by saying aye. 4 (Response of "Aye".) 5 Opposed, nay. 6 (There was no response.) 7 The Resolution Calendar is 8 adopted. 9 Senator Skelos. 10 SENATOR SKELOS: Is there any 11 other housekeeping at this time? If not, I 12 would like to take up the non-controversial 13 calendar. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 15 Secretary will read the non-controversial 16 calendar. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 192, by Senator Levy, Senate Print 1413, an act 19 to amend the Transportation Law, in relation to 20 establishing the New York State Interagency Task 21 Force. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 23 Secretary will read the last section. 4488 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect on the 180th day. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 4 roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 38. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 8 is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 229, by Senator Levy, Senate Print 3488, an act 11 to amend the Public Authorities Law, in relation 12 to requiring the Metropolitan Transportation 13 Authority to implement and maintain subway 14 station signs. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 16 Secretary will read the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 20 roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 38. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 4489 1 is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 266, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 607, an act 4 to amend the Education Law, in relation to 5 massage advertisements. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 7 Secretary will read the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 9 act shall take effect on the 1st day of 10 November. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 12 roll. 13 (The Secretary called the roll.) 14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 40. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 16 is passed. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 267, by Senator LaValle, Senate Print 2136, an 19 act to amend the Education Law, in relation to 20 registration as a pharmacy. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 22 Secretary will read the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 4490 1 act shall take effect on the 1st day of 2 November. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 4 roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Announce 7 the results. 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 39, nays 1, 9 Senator Kuhl recorded in the negative. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 11 is passed. 12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 13 276, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 3480, an 14 act to amend the Administrative Code of the city 15 of New York and the Emergency Tenant Protection 16 Act of 1974. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 18 Paterson, why do you rise? 19 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President, 20 may we request, with the permission of the 21 Majority, a day on this bill for Senator Kruger 22 who had an emergency and isn't in the chamber 23 right now; he'd like to speak on this bill? 4491 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 2 Leibell, would you like to lay the bill aside 3 for the day? 4 SENATOR LEIBELL: Lay it aside. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 6 Senator consents to laying the bill aside for 7 the day. Lay the bill aside for the day. 8 The Secretary will continue to 9 call the non-controversial calendar. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 293, by Senator Seward, Senate Print 2699, an 12 act to amend the Real Property Law, in relation 13 to the contents of registration statements. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Read the 15 last section. 16 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 17 act shall take effect on the 90th day. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 19 roll. 20 (The Secretary called the roll.) 21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 41. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 23 is passed. 4492 1 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 2 299, by Senator Padavan, Senate Print 3380, an 3 act to amend the General Municipal Law, the 4 Personal Property Law, the Public Authorities 5 Law, the Administrative Code of the city of New 6 York. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 8 Secretary will read the last section. 9 THE SECRETARY: Section 10. This 10 act shall take effect immediately. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 12 roll. 13 (The Secretary called the roll.) 14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 42. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 16 is passed. 17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 18 302, by Senator Johnson, Senate Print 3420, an 19 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law, in 20 relation to a senior citizen rent exemption and 21 tax abatement program. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 23 Secretary will read the last section. 4493 1 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 2 act shall take effect immediately. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Call the 4 roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 42. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The bill 8 is passed. 9 Senator Skelos, that completes 10 the non-controversial and controversial 11 calendar. 12 SENATOR SKELOS: Would you 13 recognize Senator Maltese, please? 14 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 15 recognizes Senator Maltese. 16 SENATOR MALTESE: Mr. President, 17 in connection with the Armenian Martyrs' 18 Resolution which was passed by this house, 19 co-sponsored by the members of this house and in 20 conjunction with the executive proclamation 21 issued by the Governor declaring April 24th, 22 1995 Armenian Martyrs' Day, we have in the 23 chamber two representatives of the Armenian 4494 1 National Committee, Mr. Grigorian and Dr. Ara 2 Caprielian, and I wish the house to acknowledge 3 their presence and welcome them. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Dr. 5 Caprielian and Mr. Grigorian, thank you for 6 joining us. We appreciate your taking the time 7 out of your busy schedules to be with us. 8 Thank you. 9 (Applause.) 10 SENATOR LEVY: Mr. President. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 12 Levy. 13 SENATOR LEVY: Yes. I ask 14 unanimous consent to be recorded in the negative 15 on Calendar 293. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 17 objection, Senator Levy will be recorded in the 18 negative on Calendar Number 293. 19 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 20 at this time if we could return to reports of 21 standing committees, I believe there's a report 22 from the Finance Committee. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 4495 1 Skelos, there is a report from the Finance 2 Committee here. I'll ask the Secretary to 3 read. 4 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 5 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 6 following nomination: Jeffrey Sweet of 7 Peekskill, member of the Workers' Compensation 8 Board. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 10 Skelos. 11 SENATOR SKELOS: Move the 12 nomination. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 14 motion is on the nomination of Jeffrey Sweet of 15 Peekskill to an appointment as a member of the 16 board of the Workmen's Compensation. All those 17 on - 18 The Chair recognizes Senator 19 Leibell on the confirmation. 20 SENATOR LEIBELL: Just briefly if 21 I could, Mr. President. 22 I'm pleased to once again have 23 the opportunity to speak on behalf of a nominee 4496 1 who has been sent to us by the Governor. 2 Jeffrey Sweet has had a 3 distinguished career. He has had a career that 4 has well equipped him for the position when - 5 which he is before us today to serve as a member 6 of the Workers' Compensation Board. His 7 experience, not only in local government, his 8 experience in -- with the Westchester County 9 Medical Center where he has served as personnel 10 -- assistant personnel director from 1970 to 11 the present, his responsibility in the areas of 12 labor relations with -- dealing with a large - 13 very large staff and multiple unions, his duties 14 including disciplinary matters and negotiating 15 settlements with unions, grievances, individual 16 problems, contract administration, all of these 17 things we have found in Westchester County have 18 made him a great servant to that community, and 19 I'm certain he will do a great job for the state 20 of New York in his -- in the current position he 21 is seeking, and I would move the nomination. 22 Thank you. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 4497 1 question is on the confirmation of Jeffrey Sweet 2 of Peekskill to become a member of the Workmen's 3 Compensation Board. All those in favor of the 4 confirmation signify by saying aye. 5 (Response of "Aye".) 6 Opposed, nay. 7 (There was no response.) 8 The nominee is confirmed. 9 We're very pleased to have 10 Jeffrey Sweet in the chamber with us, together 11 with his mom, Barbara Sweet, his sister Judy 12 Riscica and also his sister-in-law, Caroline 13 Sweet, and they're accompanied by the mother of 14 our governor, Margaret Pataki. They're in the 15 gallery. Welcome to the chamber. 16 (Applause.) 17 Senator Skelos. 18 SENATOR SKELOS: If we could take 19 up the nomination of Karl A. Henry. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 21 Secretary will read. 22 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 23 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 4498 1 following nomination: Karl A. Henry of Buffalo, 2 member of the Workers' Compensation Board. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 4 recognizes Senator Rath on the nomination. 5 SENATOR RATH: Yes, Mr. President 6 and my colleagues, it gives me a great deal of 7 pleasure to speak on behalf of one of my former 8 colleagues, Karl Henry of Buffalo. 9 Karl and I served in the county 10 legislature. I know I'm everlastingly telling 11 you about an experience I had in the county 12 legislature. Well, now today it gives me a 13 great deal of pleasure to have one of my 14 colleagues from the county legislature here and, 15 not only was his experience in public service in 16 the county legislature, but he also served as 17 the mayor of the village of Hamburg in our great 18 Southern Tier area below Buffalo in the suburban 19 areas but, of course, beyond that, I want to 20 tell you that Karl's -- much of Karl's 21 professional life has been spent in various 22 capacities in the medical and personnel areas as 23 they interlock and have interwoven throughout 4499 1 the Niagara Frontier for the last number of 2 years. He is eminently qualified. 3 Karl is a self-starter and 4 someone that I know will serve us all very 5 proudly on the Workmen's Compensation Board. I 6 urge your consideration for approval. 7 Thank you. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 9 recognizes Senator Volker. 10 SENATOR VOLKER: Mr. President, I 11 also want to second the nomination of Karl Henry 12 and just say that he's an old friend and 13 colleague in government who has served for many 14 years in various capacities, and I would like to 15 congratulate the Governor on this nomination and 16 wish Karl the very best as part of the Workers' 17 Compensation Board. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 19 question is on the confirmation of Karl A. Henry 20 of Buffalo, New York, to become a member of the 21 Workers' Compensation Board. All those in favor 22 signify by saying aye. 23 (Response of "Aye".) 4500 1 Opposed, nay. 2 (There was no response.) 3 The nominee is confirmed. 4 Karl Henry is with us in the 5 chamber. Congratulations, Mr. Henry. We 6 welcome you to the chamber and wish you good 7 luck in your task. 8 (Applause.) 9 Senator Skelos. 10 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 11 could we take up the nomination of Anthony H. 12 Gioia? 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 14 Secretary will read. 15 THE SECRETARY: Senator Stafford, 16 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 17 following nomination: Anthony H. Gioia of 18 Buffalo, Director of the New York State Urban 19 Development Corporation. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 21 recognizes Senator Volker on the confirmation. 22 SENATOR VOLKER: Mr. President, 23 this is a great day, I think, for those of us 4501 1 that come from Western New York and for myself 2 personally. 3 The gentleman who we are about to 4 confirm, Tony Gioia, has been a friend of myself 5 and my family for some 25 years. He was one of 6 the leaders that -- in the community -- I was 7 about to say he was one of the founders of Gioia 8 Macaroni, but it was actually his grandfather 9 who was the founder of Gioia Macaroni, and he 10 and his brothers ran the company for many, many 11 years until just a few years ago when it was 12 sold. 13 He runs a large company now in 14 the Buffalo area, has been a long-time member of 15 community boards, including Childrens Hospital 16 and Roswell Park Hospital -- Memorial Hospital 17 and has been one of the pillars of our 18 community, and I think he'll bring a long 19 knowledge of business to the Urban Development 20 Corporation and information about Western New 21 York which, I think, will be very important and 22 will give us somebody on the board who is very 23 knowledgeable about the operations of various 4502 1 business entities in Western New York and 2 throughout the state. 3 So I'm proud to be able to offer 4 up the nomination of Tony Gioia. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 6 recognizes Senator Rath on the confirmation. 7 SENATOR RATH: Yes. Along with 8 Senator Volker, I too am very proud to have two 9 very good friends and colleagues in various 10 capacities being confirmed today, and regarding 11 Tony Gioia, he will bring to this position the 12 skills not only of his own family business but 13 the skills of a community leader. 14 There are very few fund-raising 15 -- successful fund-raising activities, success 16 ful anything that have happened throughout the 17 volunteer world in the Western New York area 18 that Tony has not been involved with in the last 19 number of years. He has contacts far and wide 20 that will serve him very well in this position, 21 and I would urge your consideration for his 22 approval. 23 Thank you. 4503 1 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 2 recognizes Senator Nanula on the confirmation. 3 SENATOR NANULA: Mr. President, I 4 rise too in support of Mr. Gioia for the 5 director's position of the UDC. 6 I know Tony Gioia in a number of 7 different capacities. First of all, I know him 8 as a businessman, and his family and mine have 9 long roots in the food business and he, along 10 with his brothers and father, were very 11 successful in building one of Western New York's 12 most successful food manufacturing companies in 13 Gioia Macaroni. 14 After selling that company, Mr. 15 Gioia and his brother developed Gioia Management 16 Company which has reinvested a lot of their 17 family resources into New York State and into 18 Western New York, which I commend him for and, I 19 think, shows his commitment to the state and 20 certainly to our region. 21 In addition to that, Senators 22 Rath and Volker have mentioned Tony Gioia has 23 been a great community active citizen. He's 4504 1 been very involved in helping our standard of 2 living and contributing to the quality of life 3 for Western New Yorkers. I think that he brings 4 a unique combination of community service and 5 business background and, certainly from a 6 selfish position, I feel fortunate and I think 7 we in Western New York, our delegation, should 8 feel fortunate to have Tony Gioia in such an 9 auspicious position. I know he's going to do a 10 great job, and I urge my colleagues here to 11 support this nomination. 12 Thank you, Mr. President. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 14 recognizes Senator Maziarz. 15 SENATOR MAZIARZ: Thank you, Mr. 16 President. 17 I, too, want to rise as a member 18 of the Western New York delegation to add some 19 positive comments of Anthony Gioia. 20 Mr. Gioia is a businessman, and I 21 can't add any more than what Senators Rath and 22 Volker and Nanula said, other than that he's a 23 fine community leader. There's not a cause in 4505 1 Western New York that's not been taken up by the 2 Gioia family, be it the Buffalo Philharmonic, 3 the Buffalo Zoo, or whatever, that Tony Gioia is 4 not actively participating in, and I want to 5 rise in support of his nomination also, Mr. 6 Chairman. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 8 recognizes Senator Marchi on the confirmation. 9 SENATOR MARCHI: Mr. President, 10 I'm sure that many observers of history will - 11 are familiar with the fact that Flavio Gioia in 12 the 13th Century invented the compass. Some 13 have taken issue with that claim, but no one can 14 deny Mr. Gioia's mastery in entrepreneurial, 15 enlightened leadership. 16 He appeared before our Committee 17 on Corporations, Commissions and Authorities and 18 was responsive and also indicated that, with 19 that sturdy compass of his, he will be able to 20 navigate those shoals with great credit to the 21 Governor who named him to this position and we 22 wish him well. 23 So I rise to second that 4506 1 nomination. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 3 question is on the confirmation of Anthony H. 4 Gioia of Buffalo to the position of Director of 5 the New York State Urban Development Corpora 6 tion. All those in favor of the nomination 7 signify by saying aye. 8 (Response of "Aye".) 9 Opposed, nay. 10 (There was no response.) 11 The nominee is confirmed. 12 Senator Skelos. 13 SENATOR SKELOS: Yes. Would you 14 recognize Senator Levy, please? 15 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The Chair 16 recognizes Senator Levy. 17 SENATOR LEVY: Yes, Mr. 18 President. I would like to call up -- I would 19 like to reconsider the vote by which Calendar 20 229 passed. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 22 Secretary will read. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar 229, by 4507 1 Senator Levy, Senate Print 3488, an act to amend 2 the Public Authorities Law, in relation to 3 requiring the Metropolitan Transportation 4 Authority to implement and maintain subway 5 station signs. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 7 motion is to reconsider the vote by which 8 Calendar Number 229 passed this chamber. The 9 Secretary will call the roll on reconsideration. 10 (The Secretary called the roll on 11 reconsideration.) 12 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Announce 13 the results. 14 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 49. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 16 Levy. 17 SENATOR LEVY: Star it for an 18 amendment. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Place a 20 sponsor's star on Calendar Number 229. 21 Senator Skelos. 22 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, I 23 believe there's a motion to discharge from 4508 1 Senator Waldon at the desk. May we take it up 2 at this time? 3 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Senator 4 Skelos, there is a motion to discharge at the 5 desk dealing with Senate Bill Number 1915-A. 6 The Chair recognizes Senator 7 Waldon for the purposes of making the motion to 8 discharge. 9 Senator Waldon. 10 SENATOR WALDON: Thank you very 11 much, Mr. President. 12 Native Americans have played a 13 significant role and a crucial role in this 14 country's history. 15 If we go back to the time of the 16 American Revolutionary War, I believe that it 17 would not have been possible for the colonials 18 -- colonialists to win if it had not been for 19 our native American brothers supporting our 20 effort. 21 An example: The Oneida Nation 22 people hiked in mid-winter with 600 bushels of 23 corn on their backs to feed George Washington's 4509 1 starving army at Valley Forge, and even though 2 the continental army had no money and could not 3 send the necessary supplies, later on in 4 gratitude for the Oneidas' loyalty and courage, 5 the United States signed a treaty in 1794 6 guaranteeing the Oneida Nation their sovereign 7 right to govern their lands and affairs. 8 However, the promise to protect and support the 9 rights of native Americans like so many others 10 was all too soon forgotten. 11 It has been very difficult -- I 12 should say it has been difficult to reconcile 13 these and other actions of our state and federal 14 governments to native Americans who, by 15 tradition, expect those they deal with to honor 16 their promises of the past. 17 This legislation cannot correct 18 those errors of the past. It cannot change the 19 past. However, it can honor the steadfast 20 loyalty by native Americans those many years 21 ago, their firm resolve to trust in the future 22 of our young nation and our common determination 23 for all people to live in peaceful harmony. 4510 1 Mr. President, my colleagues, I 2 think that this is a good day to discharge this 3 bill and to allow us to vote on it, considering 4 some of the rhetoric that's appeared in the 5 newspapers and the confrontational postures by 6 all sides in regard to the budget negotiations 7 and the denigration of the dialogue to a level 8 that does not bespeak the goodness of the people 9 of the state of New York. I think that this is 10 a good time to recognize the gifts of native 11 Americans traditionally classified in this 12 country as a minority, though they were the 13 people who were here first. I think it would go 14 far towards promoting better relationships 15 between all people, people of color, people who 16 are from the European experience, people who 17 are, like my family, from the African 18 experience. 19 I would hope that this body in 20 its wisdom would see fit to do this today so 21 that not only will we recognize the great gifts 22 of native Americans to this state and to this 23 nation, but we will also take a step towards 4511 1 healing the wounds of divisiveness which have 2 surfaced during the last few weeks in the budget 3 negotiations. 4 I move the motion, Mr. President. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: The 6 motion is to discharge Senate Bill Number 1915-A 7 from committee. All those in favor of 8 discharging the bill from committee, signify by 9 saying aye. 10 (Response of "Aye".) 11 Opposed, nay. 12 (Response of "Nay".) 13 The motion is lost. 14 The Chair recognizes Senator 15 Skelos. 16 SENATOR SKELOS: Yes, Mr. 17 President. Is there any other housekeeping at 18 the desk or any member - 19 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: No 20 housekeeping at the desk. 21 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 22 there being no further business, I move we 23 adjourn until Wednesday, April 12th, 1995 at 4512 1 11:00 a.m. sharp. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT KUHL: Without 3 objection, the Senate stands adjourned until 4 tomorrow, April 12th at 11:00 a.m. 5 (Whereupon, at 3:29 p.m., the 6 Senate adjourned.) 7 8 9 10