Monday, May 11, 1998

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALBANY, NEW YORK 9 May 11, 1998 10 3:02 p.m. 11 12 13 REGULAR SESSION 14 15 16 17 SENATOR CHARLES FUSCHILLO, Acting President 18 STEVEN M. BOGGESS, Secretary 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 3 Senate will come to order. I ask everyone 4 present to please rise and repeat with me the 5 Pledge of Allegiance. 6 (The assemblage repeated the 7 Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 8 In the absence of clergy, may we 9 bow our heads in a moment of silence. 10 (A moment of silence was 11 observed.) 12 The reading of the Journal. 13 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, Sunday, 14 May 10th. The Senate met pursuant to 15 adjournment. The Journal of Saturday, May 9th, 16 was read and approved. On motion, the Senate 17 adjourned. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 19 Without objection, the Journal stands approved as 20 read. 21 Presentation of petitions. 22 Messages from the Assembly. 23 Messages from the Governor. 24 Reports of standing committees. 25 Reports of select committees. 1 Communications and reports from 2 state officers. 3 Motions and resolutions. 4 Senator Marcellino. 5 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Thank you, 6 Mr. President. 7 Mr. President, on behalf of 8 Senator DeFrancisco, I wish to call up his bill, 9 Print Number 4117, having -- recalled from the 10 Assembly, which is now at the desk. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 12 Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 14 DeFrancisco, Senate Print 4117, an act to amend 15 the Navigation Law. 16 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 17 President, I now move to reconsider the vote by 18 which this bill was passed. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 20 Secretary will call the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll on 22 reconsideration.) 23 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 44. 24 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 25 President, I now offer the following amendments. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 2 amendments are received. 3 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 4 President, on behalf of Senator Nozzolio, I wish 5 to call up his bill, Print Number 6333, recalled 6 from the Assembly, which is now at the desk. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 8 Secretary will read. 9 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 10 Nozzolio, Senate Print 6333, an act to legalize, 11 validate and confirm. 12 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 13 President, I now offer the following -- I now 14 move to reconsider the vote by which this bill 15 was passed. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 17 Secretary will call the roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll on 19 reconsideration.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 46. 21 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 22 President, I now offer the following amendments. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 24 amendments are received. 25 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Mr. 1 President, I would like to offer amendments on 2 the following Third Reading Calendar bills: 3 Bills by Senator Leibell, on page 4 23, Calendar Number 242, Senate Print Number 5 3930-A; 6 Senator Leibell, on page 23, 7 Calendar Number 253, Senate Print Number 6152; 8 By Senator Leibell, on page 23, 9 Calendar Number 254, Senate Print Number 6153; 10 By Senator Leibell, page number 11 23, Calendar Number 255, Senate Print Number 12 6154; 13 By Senator Leibell, on page 30, 14 Calendar Number 458, Senate Print Number 1556; 15 On behalf of Senator Farley, on 16 page number 34, Calendar Number 564, Senate Print 17 Number 6003; 18 On behalf of Senator Libous, on 19 page number 48, Calendar Number 4, Senate Print 20 Number 3887. 21 Mr. President, I now move to these 22 bills retain their place on the Third Reading 23 Calendar. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 25 amendments are received and the bills will retain 1 their place on the Third Reading Calendar. 2 SENATOR MARCELLINO: Thank you, 3 sir. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 5 Secretary will read. 6 SENATOR SKELOS: I believe there's 7 a substitution at the desk. Would you please 8 make the substitution. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 10 Secretary will read. 11 THE SECRETARY: Senator Padavan 12 moves to discharge from the Committee on Mental 13 Health and Developmental Disabilities Assembly 14 Number 9184 and substitute it for the identical 15 Senate Bill 6032. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 17 substitutions are received. 18 Senator Skelos. 19 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, I 20 believe there's a privileged resolution at the 21 desk by Senator DeFrancisco. May we please have 22 the title read and move for its immediate 23 adoption. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 25 Secretary will read. 1 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 2 DeFrancisco, Legislative Resolution honoring the 3 Grade 6 through 8 students of Teacher Kevin Yard 4 at Hughes Magnet School, Syracuse, for their 5 participation in the 49th Senate District "Good 6 News! Good kids!" Youth Responsibility Program. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 8 question is on the resolution. All in favor 9 signify by saying aye. 10 (Response of "Aye".) 11 Opposed, nay. 12 Senator DeFrancisco. 13 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: Yes. This 14 is the third and final of the classes that are 15 coming into the Senate chambers to be honored as 16 a result of the "Good News! Good kids!" program 17 which recognizes those students in our community 18 that are doing things that are positive which is 19 a clear indication that our youth of today are as 20 good as they have ever been and maybe better 21 despite negative things we hear daily in the 22 news. 23 The group today that's being 24 honored in this program is a group of students 25 what the Hughes Magnet School in the city of 1 Syracuse and their project was a very interesting 2 one. They learned how we do business in 3 providing a very important service to the 4 community. 5 On a school project or school trip 6 they went to one of the local libraries and 7 learned that it was not handicap accessible. 8 They began the process that we almost do daily, 9 and that is to try to figure out a way to solve a 10 serious problem and in doing so they not only 11 contacted the county executive, met with the 12 county executive, brought advocacy groups 13 together to advocate on behalf of their 14 particular project, talked to the neighbor who 15 was complaining about making certain - 16 complaining about renovations would cause maybe 17 some damage or vehicles to go on their property, 18 consulting the Americans with Disabilities Act, 19 doing everything that was important to do to make 20 it happen and they made it happen, and they're 21 being honored today for that project and for many 22 other projects that they do advocating for their 23 community. 24 So with great pleasure, I support 25 this resolution and it's particularly important, 1 I think, on the Senate floor today is a young 2 lady among that class, Becca Toole, who is 3 wheelchair bound and not only was participating 4 in this project but was a direct beneficiary of 5 this very, very important project. 6 So I thank all of you students. 7 You're great examples for the rest of the people 8 in our community. You are truly good kids that 9 are providing good news. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Thank 11 you, Senator DeFrancisco. 12 On behalf of Senator Bruno and the 13 entire Senate, let me welcome the children from 14 the school, compliment you and hope you have a 15 great day today. 16 The resolution is adopted. 17 Senator Skelos. 18 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, I 19 believe there's a privileged resolution at the 20 desk by Senator Holland. May we please have the 21 title read and move for its immediate adoption. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 23 Secretary will read. 24 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 25 Holland, Legislative Resolution honoring the 1 Dominican College Division of Nursing faculty and 2 student nurses upon the occasion of the Third 3 Annual Nursing Leadership Conference to be held 4 on May 11th, 1998. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 6 question is on the resolution. All in favor 7 signify by saying aye. 8 (Response of "Aye".) 9 Opposed, nay. 10 (There was no response.) 11 The resolution is adopted. 12 Senator Skelos. 13 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 14 may we please have Resolution 3407 by Senator 15 Holland read in its entirety and move for its 16 immediate adoption. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 18 Secretary will read. 19 THE SECRETARY: Senator Holland, 20 Legislative Resolution memorializing Governor 21 George E. Pataki to proclaim May 11th through the 22 16th, 1998 as Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week; 23 WHEREAS, this legislative body is 24 justly proud to memorialize Governor George E. 25 Pataki to proclaim May 11th through the 16th, 1 1998 as Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week; 2 WHEREAS, bone marrow transplants 3 now give people dying of blood-related diseases 4 such as Leukemia and aplastic anemia a chance to 5 be cured if a donor can be found whose bone 6 marrow matches their own. 7 An individual has only a 30 8 percent chance of finding a donor among his or 9 her own family members. Once family members have 10 been tested and a match is not found, an 11 individual is faced with only 1 in 20,000 12 unrelated people who will match closely enough to 13 allow the opportunity for a bone marrow donation. 14 The national donor registry was 15 begun in 1987 to assist in finding suitable 16 donors from a pool of "typed" readily available 17 volunteers. To date over two and a half million 18 volunteers are in the registry but more are 19 needed. 20 Many people in the United States 21 have died because their desperate searches have 22 not produced a matching donor in time. It is 23 vital, therefore, that every effort be made to 24 assure that the donor pool is as large and as 25 diverse as possible. 1 Marrow transplants require 2 matching tissue types which are characterized by 3 complex genetic traits often unique to a 4 particular race and currently about 80 percent of 5 the volunteer donors are Caucasian. 6 It is of critical importance that 7 African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native 8 Americans who are presently under-represented on 9 the registry become volunteers so that the same 10 hope can be offered to all Americans in need. 11 In memory of the late Senator 12 Eugene Levy, it is the intent of this legislative 13 body to designate May 11th through the 16th, 1998 14 as Bone Marrow Donor Awareness Week in New York 15 State, recognizing and honoring all of those who 16 have selflessly donated marrow or been tested as 17 a potential donor and to enhance public awareness 18 of the desperate need for bone marrow donors, 19 particularly minority donors. 20 During Bone Marrow Donor Awareness 21 Week, the Bone Marrow Resource Foundation will 22 distribute educational material and conduct a 23 donor drive to test individuals as potential 24 donors on Monday, May 11th and Tuesday, May 12th 25 on the third floor terrace of the Legislative 1 Office Building. Donors will be registered with 2 the National Marrow Donor Program through our 3 local donor center at the American Red Cross in 4 Syracuse. 5 Funds to test individuals as 6 potential donors during Bone Marrow Donor 7 Awareness Week were raised through a Legislative 8 Bowl-a-Thon on May 5th, 1998. 9 To date at least 1300 individuals 10 have been tested and added to the registry as a 11 result of funds raised through the Legislative 12 Bowl-a-Thon and ten of these individuals have 13 actually been matched with patients in need and 14 donated their marrow to save a life. 15 Everyone has the ability to give 16 the gift of life by donating bone marrow to 17 someone who faces imminent death from a 18 blood-related decease. 19 Through its commitment to the 20 preservation and enhancement of human life, Bone 21 Marrow Donor Awareness Week so clearly advances 22 that spirit of united purpose and shared concern 23 which is the unalterable manifestation of our 24 American experience; now, therefore, be it 25 RESOLVED, that this legislative 1 body pause in its deliberations to memorialize 2 Governor George E. Pataki to proclaim May 11th 3 through the 16th, 1998 as Bone Marrow Donor 4 Awareness Week in New York State; and be it 5 further 6 RESOLVED, that copies of this 7 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to 8 the Bone Marrow Resource Foundation, the National 9 Marrow Donor Program and the New York State 10 American Red Cross of Syracuse in recognition of 11 their efforts in educating the public and 12 assisting those in need of a bone marrow 13 donation. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 15 Senator Holland. 16 SENATOR HOLLAND: Mr. President, 17 as has been said in the resolution, today marks 18 the start of our annual Bone Marrow Donor 19 Awareness Week and donor drive in the Legislative 20 Office Building. 21 For those of you who may not be 22 aware of how I became involved in the effort to 23 educate and encourage people about donating bone 24 marrow, my interest grew out of my respect for my 25 predecessor, Senator Gene Levy. 1 It was Senator Levy who 2 established New York's first Bone Marrow Donor 3 Awareness Week in 1990 and organized the bone 4 marrow typing drive. Unbeknownst to his 5 colleagues and staff, Gene Levy at that time was 6 suffering from Leukemia and passed away from the 7 disease just a few months after the first bone 8 marrow drive held at the state Capitol in 1990. 9 Since then, I have worked to keep 10 his efforts alive by sponsoring the annual bone 11 marrow drive with the help of Assemblyman Jeff 12 Aubry. 13 In order to fund the testing for 14 the annual bone marrow blood testing drive, we 15 had hosted a Bowl-a-Thon every spring in which 16 Senators and Assemblymen were asked to contribute 17 a $500 entry fee and to send four members of 18 their staff to bowl in this fund-raising event. 19 Albany's Playdium Bowling Center, through the 20 generosity of its owners, Neil and Ruth Luther, 21 donate the lanes, donate the shoes, donate the 22 trophies and local businessmen contribute by 23 supplying food and drinks for the bowlers and 24 many, many raffle prizes. 25 Our first year the Bowl-a-Thon 1 raised over $10,000. The success has continued 2 to grow with a total of $87,400 raised to offset 3 the cost of typing drives at the state 4 Legislature and various government agencies. 5 This year's event was again a 6 tremendous success and we expect to top the 7 $100,000 mark. 8 Our bone marrow drives have helped 9 add more than 1300 names to the national bone 10 marrow registry. More importantly, we have had 11 ten successful matches and donors typed as part 12 of this effort and those people saved lives. 13 There are three current 14 legislative staffers we are aware of who have 15 donated bone marrow in recent months, and I would 16 like you to join me in honoring them today. 17 Kristin Rummell, who works for 18 Senator Johnson, donated bone marrow on February 19 26th to an infant suffering from a blood disorder 20 that was detected prior to birth. 21 Janet Matthews, who works for the 22 Legislative Commission on Solid Waste Management, 23 donated marrow last November to a 27-year-old 24 Leukemia patient. 25 And Bob Stern, an Assembly staffer 1 from the Task Force on Farm, Food and Nutrition 2 Policy, donated marrow just a few weeks ago to a 3 38-year-old man suffering from a life-threatening 4 blood disorder. 5 These people saved individual's 6 lives, and I would appreciate it very much if you 7 would join me in a round of applause for these 8 individuals who have given the gift of life. 9 (Applause) 10 The money you have donated have 11 actually saved at least ten lives and we really 12 do appreciate it. 13 Gene Levy did not have the chance 14 to benefit from his dedication to raising 15 awareness about bone marrow transplants and the 16 critical need to increase the number of donors. 17 That need is especially vital among minority 18 populations which are under-represented in the 19 national bone marrow registry. 20 So I encourage those of you who 21 have not joined the bone marrow registry to 22 consider doing so. Until 5:30 today and again 23 tomorrow between 11:30 and 5:00 p.m., 24 professionals from the Red Cross will be on hand 25 on the third floor of the LOB to type potential 1 donors. I hope to see you there and you may have 2 the opportunity to save a life. 3 Thank you very much for everybody 4 who's helped. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Thank 6 you, Senator. 7 SENATOR STAFFORD: Mr. President. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 9 Senator Stafford. 10 SENATOR STAFFORD: Very briefly. 11 I would just second again what Senator Holland 12 has said and this is something I know a little 13 something about. In fact, Senator Skelos' sister 14 was part of my very fine people that were 15 treating me, and I always -- whenever you have 16 this, I always mention this. 17 The last time I saw Gene Levy, he 18 was sitting over there and he said I've got to go 19 to the doctor, and I said since when do you place 20 bets at the doctor's office, and as you know, 21 Gene used to sometimes go over there and we never 22 saw him again, and I would just say for those of 23 us who have been close to this, in addition to 24 being a friend of Gene Levy's, believe you me, 25 you can do no more for anyone than to follow the 1 suggestions of Senator Holland and, as I say, it 2 means life. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 4 Thank you, Senator Stafford. 5 The question is on the 6 resolution. All in favor signify by saying aye. 7 (Response of "Aye".) 8 Opposed, nay. 9 (There was no response.) 10 The resolution is adopted. 11 Senator Skelos. 12 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, 13 with the consent of the Minority, I move that 14 Calendar Number 740, which is on the order of 15 second report on the calendar, be advanced to 16 third reading and have its third reading today. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 18 Without objection, 740 is advanced to third 19 reading. 20 SENATOR SKELOS: Mr. President, if 21 you could take up the non-controversial calendar. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 23 Secretary will read. 24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 25 165, by Senator Kuhl, Senate Print 2705-A, an act 1 to amend the Public Health Law, in relation to 2 adoption. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 4 the last section. 5 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 6 act shall take effect immediately. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 8 the roll. 9 (The Secretary called the roll.) 10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 53. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 12 bill is passed. 13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 14 247, by member of the Assembly Bragman, Assembly 15 Print 3599-A, an act to amend the Education Law, 16 in relation to State University health care. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 18 the last section. 19 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 20 act shall take effect immediately. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 22 the roll. 23 (The Secretary called the roll.) 24 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 53. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 1 bill is passed. 2 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 3 398, by Senator Leibell, Senate Print 6280, an 4 act to amend Chapter 567 of the Laws of 1993. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 6 the last section. 7 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 8 act shall take effect immediately. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 10 the roll. 11 (The Secretary called the roll.) 12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 53. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 14 bill is passed. 15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 16 520, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 6172, an act 17 to amend the Insurance Law. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 23 the roll. 24 (The Secretary called the roll.) 25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 2 bill is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 4 523, by Senator Velella, Senate Print 6343, an 5 act to amend the Insurance Law. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 7 the last section. 8 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 9 act shall take effect in 30 days. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 11 the roll. 12 (The Secretary called the roll.) 13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 15 bill is passed. 16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 17 557, by Senator DeFrancisco, Senate Print 6148, 18 an act in relation to authorizing the town of 19 Skaneateles to construct. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: There 21 is a home rule message at the desk. 22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 23 act shall take effect immediately. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 25 the last section. 1 (The Secretary called the roll.) 2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 4 bill is passed. 5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 6 592, by Senator Goodman, Senate Print 6591, an 7 act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 9 the last section. 10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 11 act shall take effect immediately. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 13 the roll. 14 (The Secretary called the roll.) 15 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 17 bill is passed. 18 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 19 593, by Senator Goodman, Senate Print 6593, an 20 act to amend the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 22 the last section. 23 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 24 act shall take effect immediately. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 1 the roll. 2 (The Secretary called the roll.) 3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 5 bill is passed. 6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 7 644, by Senator Skelos, Senate Print 178, an act 8 to amend the Civil Practice Law and Rules. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 10 the last section. 11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 12 act shall take effect on the first day of 13 October. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 15 the roll. 16 (The Secretary called the roll.) 17 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 19 bill is passed. 20 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 21 650, by Senator Volker, Senate Print 6156, an act 22 to amend the Penal Law. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 24 the last section. 25 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 1 act shall take effect on the first day of 2 November. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 4 the roll. 5 (The Secretary called the roll.) 6 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 8 bill is passed. 9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 10 651, by Senator Holland, Senate Print 6174-B, an 11 act to amend the Criminal Procedure Law. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 13 the last section. 14 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This 15 act shall take effect immediately. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 17 the roll. 18 (The Secretary called the roll.) 19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 21 bill is passed. 22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 23 659, by Senator Cook, Senate Print 722, an act to 24 amend the Executive Law. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 1 the last section. 2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 3 act shall take effect in 90 days. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 5 the roll. 6 (The Secretary called the roll.) 7 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 9 bill is passed. 10 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 11 663, by Senator Alesi, Senate Print 5118, an act 12 to amend the Executive Law. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 14 the last section. 15 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 16 act shall take effect on the 90th day. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 18 the roll. 19 (The Secretary called the roll.) 20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 22 bill is passed. 23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 24 705, by Senator Velella, Senate Print 6423, an 25 act to amend the New York City Civil Court Act. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 2 the last section. 3 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This 4 act shall take effect immediately. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 6 the roll. 7 (The Secretary called the roll.) 8 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 10 bill is passed. 11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 12 740, by Senator Larkin, Senate Print 6731, an act 13 to amend the Racing, Pari-mutuel Wagering and 14 Breeding Law. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Read 16 the last section. 17 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 18 act shall take effect immediately. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: Call 20 the roll. 21 (The Secretary called the roll.) 22 THE SECRETARY: Ayes 54. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: The 24 bill is passed. 25 Senator Larkin, that completes the 1 reading of the calendar. 2 SENATOR LARKIN: Is there any 3 housekeeping at the desk, Mr. President? 4 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: No. 5 SENATOR LARKIN: There being no 6 further business - 7 SENATOR PATERSON: Mr. President. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 9 Senator Paterson. 10 SENATOR PATERSON: I didn't want 11 the session to end without advising Senator 12 Larkin what an excellent presentation there was 13 for the West Point Academy last week, which I 14 could have told him in person, but I wanted to 15 break up the no-hitter. 16 Thank you, Mr. President. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: 18 Senator Farley. 19 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, Mr. 20 President. 21 SENATOR LARKIN: Senator Farley. 22 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, 23 Senator Larkin and Mr. President. 24 I just wanted to make an 25 announcement. There will be a 4:30 meeting of 1 the Banks Committee in Room 124. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: There 3 will be a 4:30 meeting of the Banking Committee 4 in Room 124. 5 Senator Larkin. 6 SENATOR LARKIN: I move we adjourn 7 now until Tuesday, May the 12th, at 3:00 p.m. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT FUSCHILLO: On 9 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until 10 Tuesday, May 12th, at 3:00 p.m. 11 (Whereupon, at 3:25 p.m., the 12 Senate adjourned.) 13 14 15 16 17