Saturday, June 27, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 June 27, 2009 11 1:03 p.m. 12 13 14 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR ANDREA STEWART-COUSINS, Acting President 19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24

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(518) 371-8910 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 3 The Senate will please come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to rise and 5 recite with me the Pledge of Allegiance to our 6 Flag. 7 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 8 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 9 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 10 In the absence of clergy, may we all bow our 11 heads for a moment of silence. 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage 13 respected a moment of silence.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 15 Thank you. 16 Senator Klein. 17 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 18 is there a proclamation from the Governor at 19 the desk? 20 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 21 Yes, Senator Klein, there is a proclamation 22 here at the desk. 23 The Secretary will read. 24 THE SECRETARY: "Pursuant to the

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(518) 371-8910 1 power vested in me by Article IV, Section 3 of 2 the Constitution, I hereby convene the Senate 3 of the State of New York in Extraordinary 4 Session at the Capitol, in the City of Albany, 5 on the twenty-seventh day of June, 6 two thousand nine, at one o'clock, for the 7 purpose of considering nominations I will 8 submit with respect to various positions and 9 for the consideration of such other 10 nominations or legislation as I may recommend. 11 "Given under my hand and the privy 12 seal of the State, in the City of Albany this 13 twenty-sixth day of June in the year 14 two thousand nine, by the Governor, David A. 15 Paterson." 16 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 17 The proclamation having been read, the Senate 18 is in extraordinary session. 19 Senator Klein. 20 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 21 before we adjourn today, I would like to 22 address the nominees that the Governor has 23 asked to join us in the gallery today. 24 As you know, the Governor has

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(518) 371-8910 1 called us into extraordinary session. And 2 unfortunately, the Senate is in an 3 extraordinary place right now. I want to 4 apologize to you for coming out here today. 5 But I do want to personally thank you for 6 being part of our process. 7 I think I speak for both sides of 8 the aisle when I say that we're all working 9 hard to come to a resolution, and I look 10 forward to inviting you back so we can 11 properly take your wonderful qualifications 12 into consideration. 13 Madam President, I move that we 14 adjourn the special session sine die. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 16 On motion, this fifth extraordinary session is 17 adjourned sine die. 18 (Whereupon, at 1:06 p.m., the 19 Senate adjourned.) 20 21 22 23 24

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