Sunday, July 5, 2009

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 July 5, 2009 11 6:05 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: "I hereby amend

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(518) 371-8910 1 the proclamation issued on the first day of 2 July, two thousand nine, pursuant to the power 3 vested in me by Article IV, Section 3 of the 4 Constitution, convening the Senate of the 5 State of New York in Extraordinary Session, at 6 the Capitol, in the City of Albany, on the 7 fifth day of July, two thousand nine, to 8 change the time for such Extraordinary Session 9 from three o'clock p.m. to six o'clock p.m. 10 "Given under my hand and the Privy 11 Seal of the State in the City of Albany this 12 third day of July in the year two thousand 13 nine, by the Governor, David A. Paterson." 14 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 15 The proclamation having been read, the Senate 16 is in extraordinary session. 17 Senator Klein. 18 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 19 can you please recognize Senator Skelos. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 21 Senator Skelos. 22 SENATOR SKELOS: Thank you, 23 Senator Stewart-Cousins. 24 As I've stated before, the

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(518) 371-8910 1 designation of a presiding officer should be 2 made by Senator Espada or myself pursuant to 3 the vote which took place on June 8th. 4 Accordingly, we do not recognize that you are 5 the appropriate designated presiding officer. 6 And in fact, we are here by court 7 order indicating that the Senate should 8 convene at the call of the Governor into 9 extraordinary session. 10 Therefore, I'd like to move that 11 the Senate adjourn this special session 12 sine die. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 14 Thank you, Senator. 15 Senator Klein. 16 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 17 will you please recognize Senator Ruth 18 Hassell-Thompson for a brief announcement. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 20 Senator Hassell-Thompson. 21 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: Thank 22 you, Madam President. 23 Immediately following this session 24 there will be a meeting of the Senate Majority

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(518) 371-8910 1 in Room 332. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 3 Thank you, Senator. 4 Senator Klein. 5 SENATOR KLEIN: Madam President, 6 I move that we do not take up any legislative 7 activity today and we adjourn the special 8 session sine die. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT STEWART-COUSINS: 10 Thank you, Senator. 11 There will be a meeting of the 12 Majority Conference in Room 332 immediately, 13 and we adjourn this extraordinary session 14 sine die. 15 (Whereupon, at 6:08 p.m., the 16 Senate adjourned.) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

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