Tuesday, March 9, 2010

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 March 9, 2010 11 3:27 p.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 SENATOR NEIL D. BRESLIN, Acting President 19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24 25

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 3 Senate will come to order. 4 I ask all to rise and repeat with 5 me the Pledge of Allegiance. 6 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 8 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: We are 9 honored today to have His Excellency, the Most 10 Reverend Timothy Michael Dolan, who is the 11 Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York. 12 Archbishop. 13 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: Thank you, 14 Senator Breslin. 15 And, Senators, I can only hope you 16 realize what a distinct honor and joy it is 17 for me to lead you in prayer. I think the 18 world of you. And my prayers are with you 19 every day, especially in what I know is kind 20 of a troubling and difficult time. 21 So I've been here these last two 22 days with about 2,000 Catholic leaders from 23 across the state, and this morning I 24 encouraged our hundreds and hundreds of young 25 people to consider a vocation -- and I use

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 that word purposely -- a vocation to public 2 service. And I said, "You're going to meet 3 Senators and Assemblymen and -women today, and 4 elected officials, who will be the first to 5 say they work for you. And it's a very noble 6 vocation, and these men and women are examples 7 for us." So that's the admiration and the 8 appreciation that I have for you. 9 Again, I know it's tough times, but 10 that's when we need prayer most. Heck, I've 11 become a Mets fan. So -- 12 (Laughter.) 13 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: So it's an 14 honor to pray with you and for you. And my 15 prayers are very sincere, and they represent 16 the prayers, the solidarity of the entire 17 Catholic family within our great State of 18 New York. 19 Let us pray. 20 We acknowledge You, Lord our God, 21 as the Sovereign of all the nations, the 22 Supreme Law-Giver, the Heavenly Father of all 23 Your children, the Author of life itself, our 24 Creator, our Sustainer, the Goal of our lives. 25 We ask Your gifts of wisdom,

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 prudence and honor of actions and decisions 2 upon this august body, the Senate of the great 3 State of New York, as they realize their high 4 call of service to Your people. 5 Our plans, projects and proposals 6 are second to Yours and are bound to fail if 7 not in conformity with Your divine will. So 8 may our dare and our dreaming be tempered by 9 humility, our challenges always met with 10 charity, our ways be molded to Your design, 11 You who live forever and ever. Amen. 12 Thank you. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 14 you very much, Archbishop. 15 The reading of the Journal. The 16 Secretary will read. 17 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 18 Monday, March 8, the Senate met pursuant to 19 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, March 7, 20 was read and approved. On motion, Senate 21 adjourned. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 23 Without objection, the Journal stands approved 24 as read. 25 Presentation of petitions.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Messages from the Assembly. 2 Messages from the Governor. 3 Reports of standing committees. 4 Reports of select committees. 5 Communications and reports from 6 state officers. 7 Motions and resolutions. 8 Senator Klein. 9 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, on 10 behalf of Senator Stavisky, I move that the 11 following bill be discharged from its 12 respective committee and be recommitted with 13 instructions to strike the enacting clause: 14 Senate Number 1384. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: So 16 ordered. 17 Senator Klein. 18 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 19 this time I move that we adopt the Resolution 20 Calendar in its entirety, with the exception 21 of Senate Resolutions 4175, 4120, 4176 and 22 4190. 23 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: All 24 those in favor of adopting the Resolution 25 Calendar in its entirety, excluding

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Resolutions 4175, 4120, 4176, and 4190, please 2 signify by saying aye. 3 (Response of "Aye.") 4 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 5 Opposed, nay. 6 (No response.) 7 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 8 Resolution Calendar is adopted. 9 Senator Klein. 10 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 11 this time I move to take up Senate Resolution 12 Number 4176, by Senator Savino. I ask that 13 the resolution be read in its entirety and 14 move for its immediate adoption and give 15 Senator Savino the opportunity to speak on her 16 resolution. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 18 Secretary will read. 19 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 20 Savino, Legislative Resolution Number 4176, 21 congratulating His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan 22 upon being named Archbishop of New York by 23 Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, and welcoming him 24 to the New York State Capitol on March 9, 25 2010.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 "WHEREAS, The spiritual guidance 2 and nurturing of the citizens of the State of 3 New York is of great importance to the 4 vitality and well-being of our communities; 5 and 6 "WHEREAS, It is the sense of this 7 Legislative Body to bring full recognition and 8 just tribute to those men and women of 9 religious commitment who accept the 10 responsibility of moral leadership and render 11 the wisdom of human understanding; and 12 "WHEREAS, Attendant to such 13 concern, and in full accord with its 14 long-standing traditions, this Legislative 15 Body is justly proud to congratulate his 16 Excellency Timothy M. Dolan upon being" -- 17 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: May we 18 please have some quiet. Thank you. 19 THE SECRETARY: -- "His 20 Excellency Timothy M. Dolan upon being named 21 Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 22 2009, and to welcome him to the New York State 23 Capitol on March 9, 2010; and 24 "WHEREAS, Timothy Michael Dolan was 25 named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 XVI on February 23, 2009. He was installed as 2 Archbishop of New York on April 15, 2009; and 3 "WHEREAS, He had served as 4 archbishop of Milwaukee since he was named by 5 Pope John Paul II on June 25, 2002. He was 6 installed as Milwaukee's tenth archbishop on 7 August 28, 2002, at the Cathedral of St. John 8 the Evangelist. Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo, 9 papal nuncio of the United States, installed 10 Archbishop Dolan; and 11 "WHEREAS, Born February 6, 1950, 12 Archbishop Dolan was the first of five 13 children born to Shirley Radcliffe Dolan and 14 the late Robert Dolan; and 15 "WHEREAS, In 1964 he began his high 16 school seminary education at St. Louis 17 Preparatory Seminary South in Shrewsbury, 18 Missouri. His seminary foundation continued 19 at Cardinal Glennon College, where he earned a 20 Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy; and 21 "WHEREAS, He then completed his 22 priestly formation at the Pontifical North 23 American College in Rome, where he earned a 24 License in Sacred Theology at the Pontifical 25 University of St. Thomas; and

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 "WHEREAS, Archbishop Dolan was 2 ordained to the priesthood on June 19, 1976. 3 He then served as associate pastor at 4 Immacolata Parish in Richmond Heights, 5 Missouri, until 1979, when he began studies 6 for a doctorate in American Church History at 7 the Catholic University of America; and 8 "WHEREAS, Before completing the 9 doctorate, he spent a year researching the 10 late Archbishop Edwin O'Hara, a founder of the 11 Catholic Biblical Association. Archbishop 12 O'Hara's life and ministry was the subject of 13 the archbishop's doctoral dissertation; and 14 "WHEREAS, On his return to 15 St. Louis, Archbishop Dolan served in parish 16 ministry from 1983 through 1987, during which 17 time he was also liaison for the late 18 Archbishop John L. May in the restructuring of 19 the college and theology programs of the 20 archdiocesan seminary system; and 21 "WHEREAS, In 1987, Archbishop Dolan 22 was appointed to a five-year term as Secretary 23 to the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, 24 D.C. When he returned to St. Louis in 1992, 25 he was appointed Vice Rector of

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, serving also as 2 Director of Spiritual Formation and Professor 3 of Church History. Furthermore, he was an 4 Adjunct Professor of Theology at St. Louis 5 University; and 6 "WHEREAS, In 1994, he was appointed 7 Rector of the Pontifical North American 8 College in Rome, where he served until 9 June 2001; and 10 "WHEREAS, While in Rome, he also 11 served as a Visiting Professor of Church 12 History at the Pontifical Gregorian University 13 and as a faculty member in the Department of 14 Ecumenical Theology at the Pontifical 15 University of St. Thomas Aquinas. The work of 16 the Archbishop in the area of seminary 17 education has influenced the life and ministry 18 of a great number of priests of the new 19 millennium; and 20 "WHEREAS, On June 19, 2001, the 21 25th anniversary of his ordination to the 22 priesthood, then-Father Dolan was named the 23 Auxiliary Bishop of St. Louis by Pope John 24 Paul II; and 25 "WHEREAS, Currently, he is the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 chairman of Catholic Relief Services and a 2 member of the Board of Trustees of the 3 Catholic University of America; and 4 "WHEREAS, On June 29, 2009, 5 Archbishop Dolan received the pallium, a 6 symbol of his office as an archbishop, from 7 His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, at St. 8 Peter's Basilica; and 9 "WHEREAS, It is the practice of 10 this Legislative Body that when a person of 11 such noble aims and accomplishments is brought 12 to our attention, it is appropriate to 13 publicly and jubilantly proclaim and commend 14 that individual for the edification of others; 15 now, therefore, be it 16 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative 17 Body pause in its deliberations to 18 congratulate His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan 19 upon being named Archbishop of New York by 20 Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, and welcoming him 21 to the New York State Capitol on March 9, 22 2010; and be it further 23 "RESOLVED, That a copy of this 24 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted 25 to His Excellency Timothy M. Dolan."

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: May we 2 first have some quiet. 3 Now, Senator Savino on the 4 resolution. 5 SENATOR SAVINO: Thank you, 6 Mr. President. 7 It is my honor and my privilege to 8 introduce this resolution and to invite 9 Archbishop Dolan to address the Senate chamber 10 here today. 11 It was just about a year ago that I 12 believe his predecessor Cardinal Egan came to 13 address us, and he stood up there and he 14 talked to us in his final address to the 15 New York State Senate prior to his retirement. 16 Cardinal Egan had been a beloved 17 figure among not just Catholics in New York 18 State but all people of faith in New York 19 State, as well as those who are not people of 20 faith, for his commitment to the service of 21 the Catholic faith and the population that we 22 all care about. And we were somewhat 23 concerned that as Cardinal Egan left us, we 24 didn't know who was going to replace him. 25 And on April 15th, we were

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 privileged and blessed with the appointment of 2 Archbishop Dolan. Who came from Milwaukee -- 3 and we won't hold that against him -- but he 4 came to New York and we immediately found him 5 to be not just a priest and a spiritual 6 leader, but a real New Yorker under the skin. 7 He understands the communities that we 8 represent. He understands the difficulties 9 that working families face. He understands 10 the mission of the Catholic Church. 11 And while he is the leader of the 12 New York Archdiocese, with about 2.5 million 13 Catholics, in many ways he is the titular head 14 of all Catholics in New York State, which is 15 about 7.5 million people. 16 He came here in a difficult year, a 17 year of change, a year that has been hard on 18 everyone in New York State. He's leading 19 Catholics and non-Catholics alike in a very 20 difficult time. And we are grateful that he 21 is here to offer his words of blessing to the 22 State Senate, as we've had a difficult year 23 and a year of change as well. 24 And so I would hope, Archbishop 25 Dolan, that you come often, you offer your

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 blessings. And perhaps today you might want 2 to offer a little general absolution to the 3 Senate for its past transgressions. 4 (Laughter.) 5 SENATOR SAVINO: Welcome to the 6 Senate. Welcome to New York. 7 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: Thank you, 8 Senator. I appreciate you. 9 SENATOR SAVINO: And I appreciate 10 you too. 11 This resolution is open to any of 12 my colleagues who wish to cosponsor it. 13 (Applause.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 15 you, Senator Savino. 16 Are there any other Senators 17 wishing to be heard on the resolution? 18 Senator Smith. 19 SENATOR SMITH: Thank you very 20 much, Mr. President. 21 And I just wanted to join and 22 congratulate Senator Savino and all of my 23 colleagues for honoring His Excellency 24 Archbishop Dolan at being named the archbishop 25 in 2009, and welcome him to the State Capitol.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 You were gracious when you welcomed 2 me to your home. And as a person who was 3 raised in the Catholic Church from elementary 4 school to high school to Jesuit college, I 5 have never had a finer lunch than the one that 6 you gave me. 7 But most importantly, to my 8 colleagues, the man that you see over there -- 9 notwithstanding his representation of 10 Catholics throughout this state and quite 11 frankly throughout this country and throughout 12 this world, when you look over his resume -- 13 stands for what I believe all of us stand for, 14 and that is decency and also wanting to serve. 15 As you know, from week to week I 16 will put a theme up in front of my office. 17 And the theme of this week is "Service is a 18 gift," to serve is a gift. And I believe it's 19 only fitting that you would come to the 20 Capitol this week, which I believe epitomizes 21 that statement, which is the gift of service. 22 And it is my hope, it is our hope 23 that the prayer that you offer today for us is 24 one that will cloak us as we move forward in 25 the challenging times that we face here in the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 state -- not because of the issues that we 2 take up, but because of the circumstances that 3 we find ourselves in. 4 None of us would have predicted 5 that we would be in this challenging moment at 6 this time, given all that the people of the 7 State of New York are fearful of and concerned 8 about. However, as you know, God places 9 individuals in a place at certain times for 10 certain reasons. And it is my firm belief 11 that each and every one of us have been placed 12 at this moment in time for service, and the 13 service is to bring about a better state, to 14 bring about a better understanding of our 15 purpose in life. 16 And I am just happy and joyful that 17 you are here today. I appreciate the blessing 18 that you passed to us. And we also will pray 19 for you as you continue to do what you do for 20 the State of New York. 21 Thank you and God bless. 22 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: Thank you, 23 Senator. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 25 you, Senator Smith.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Senator Padavan. 2 SENATOR PADAVAN: Thank you, 3 Mr. President. 4 Archbishop Dolan, it's a pleasure 5 and a delight to have you with us. And may I, 6 on behalf of Senator Skelos and my colleagues 7 on this side of the aisle, extend to you our 8 best wishes. We look forward to the day when 9 another title will befit you -- it will begin 10 with "C" -- and then we'll have another 11 occasion to congratulate you. 12 You know, in the letter from James 13 in the New Testament, he admonishes the 14 leaders of the church at the time, in effect 15 saying: You can give all the admonitions for 16 faith that you want, but without producing the 17 goods, it doesn't mean anything. Those are 18 the words, paraphrased somewhat in a more 19 common vernacular. 20 In your prayer today, I think you 21 expressed the view that we have a 22 responsibility in this state to be concerned 23 about those who need to be clothed, need to be 24 housed. And we understand that. And it's a 25 difficult, difficult time we're in.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 We hope that you will continue to 2 pray for us. We need prayers now more than 3 ever. And while you're praying, you know, 4 keep your fingers crossed and give us that 5 Irish blessing. 6 Thank you. 7 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: Thank you, 8 Senator. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 10 you, Senator Padavan. 11 Senator Diaz. 12 SENATOR DIAZ: Thank you. Thank 13 you, Mr. President. 14 Today is a glorious day here in 15 Albany. We have Archbishop Dolan from the 16 Catholic Church and the leader, the leader, 17 the maximal leader of the Catholic Church in 18 New York. 19 I am not a Catholic; I am a 20 Protestant. I am a pastor of an evangelical 21 church. But being an evangelical, not being a 22 Catholic, I am so proud to have Archbishop 23 Dolan here today. Because it is his 24 leadership, it is the Catholic Church's 25 leadership that have me inspired.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 It is not to go on Ash Wednesday 2 and get the ashes on my head, it is not to go 3 every Sunday to Mass, if I'm not going to 4 follow their teaching. Following the teaching 5 is more important than to get the ash on the 6 head. And this leader and this church has 7 sacrificed for many years, teaching, teaching 8 what's right, teaching what's moral, teaching 9 what it is that the church stands for. 10 So Archbishop Dolan, I'm an 11 evangelical ministry. But you could go to my 12 office, all my staff have been strictly 13 instructed: Don't vote for anything before 14 you consult the Catholic Conference. And 15 whatever the Catholic Conference says, that's 16 what I'm going to vote. 17 So, ladies and gentlemen, we have 18 the leader of the Catholic Church. Follow, 19 follow his leadership, follow the church 20 instruction, follow to what they teach and be 21 a good Catholic and God will bless all of you. 22 Thank you, sir, for being here 23 today. 24 (Applause.) 25 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 you, Senator Diaz. 2 Senator Stewart-Cousins. 3 SENATOR STEWART-COUSINS: Yes, 4 thank you, Mr. President. I also rise to 5 greet the wonderful archbishop here in Albany. 6 I have the privilege of having seen 7 Archbishop Dolan so many times in our 8 district, whether it was to celebrate a church 9 anniversary, whether it was at St. Cabrini 10 with the opening of the extension for our 11 seniors in that nursing home -- the archbishop 12 was there to bless a very, very small, small 13 group of very grateful seniors. And the joy 14 that he brought really just made the whole 15 environment and the whole event special. 16 And of course with Firefighter 17 Joyce and that incredible day. The family was 18 here just last week. But he took time to be 19 there to offer the blessings and the 20 condolences of not only the church but the 21 entire community. 22 We have here an archbishop who has 23 found it not robbery to give of his time, 24 whether it's the smallest or the largest. We 25 appreciate that level of leadership. I'm

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 certainly happy to see you here and look 2 forward to seeing you in the district, as you 3 always are. 4 Thank you. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 6 you, Senator Stewart-Cousins. 7 Senator Hassell-Thompson. 8 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: I 9 thank you, Mr. President. I just want to join 10 my colleagues in welcoming the archbishop to 11 our chambers. 12 I'm Baptist, but that does not mean 13 that I don't follow the leadership of the 14 church. 15 We're welcoming you here today 16 because many of your followers are here. But 17 we're followers of your word. And hopefully 18 what you bring to these chambers will be an 19 enlightenment so that thinking happens and the 20 way that we process the laws for the people of 21 the State of New York will be what's in the 22 best interests of their spirit as well as 23 their souls. 24 So I thank you, Archbishop, for 25 being with us today. And I thank Father

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Gorman, who is one of our stalwart leaders in 2 the Bronx who is accompanying you today, and 3 some of the other leaders that I have met in 4 the past and the new ones that I've met today. 5 We are in a period where we need 6 prayer from whatever quarter it may come. So 7 keep the candles lit for us that we may do 8 that which is in the best interests of our 9 people in the State of New York as well as in 10 the eyes of God. 11 Thank you. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 13 you, Senator Hassell-Thompson. 14 The question is on the resolution. 15 All those in favor signify by saying aye. 16 (Response of "Aye.") 17 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 18 Opposed, nay. 19 (No response.) 20 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 21 resolution is adopted. 22 Senator Savino has invited 23 everybody in the Senate to be cosponsors of 24 this resolution. Anyone not wishing to be a 25 cosponsor please notify the desk.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Thank you very much, Archbishop 2 Dolan. 3 ARCHBISHOP DOLAN: Thank you. 4 (Standing ovation.) 5 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 6 Senator Klein. 7 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 8 can we return to the order of standing 9 committees. 10 I believe there's a report of the 11 Finance Committee at the desk. I ask that it 12 be read at this time. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Yes, 14 Senator Klein. Returning to the order of 15 standing committees, there is a report of the 16 Finance Committee at the desk. 17 The Secretary will read. 18 THE SECRETARY: Senator Kruger, 19 from the Committee on Finance, reports the 20 following nomination. 21 As Commissioner of the Department 22 of Labor, Colleen Crawford Gardner, of 23 Schenectady. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 25 Senator Kruger.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Thank you, 2 Mr. President. May we please move that 3 nomination. 4 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 5 Senator Farley, on the nomination. 6 SENATOR FARLEY: Thank you, 7 Mr. President. 8 I rise to support enthusiastically 9 Colleen Crawford Gardner for Commissioner of 10 Labor. 11 Let me just say there's nobody that 12 I've seen that's been appointed commissioner 13 who's had a better career in labor than 14 Colleen. She's a graduate of the Cornell 15 School of Industrial and Labor Relations, one 16 of the most academically aggressive schools in 17 the country, and has had a career that has 18 absolutely been spectacular, and she's been a 19 leader in the labor movement throughout her 20 career. 21 She's also been a constituent of 22 mine. And as I mentioned earlier, she's been 23 a softball coach for the Colonie Girls' 24 Softball Team and has really been a great 25 community person and somebody that really will

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 serve this state well. 2 It's an outstanding appointment, 3 because she's had a lot of experience in this 4 area. She's also married to one of the most 5 distinguished attorneys in Schenectady County, 6 Christopher Gardner, who is the County 7 Attorney and renowned for leading the 8 Schenectady County Legislature and Schenectady 9 County Redevelopment. 10 Now, I rise in support of Colleen 11 and congratulate the Governor on this 12 outstanding appointment because she's really 13 running one of the largest agencies that we 14 have, and is somebody that I'm confident is 15 going to do a great job. And I again am 16 pleased to move her nomination. 17 Thank you, Senator Kruger. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 19 Senator Onorato. 20 SENATOR ONORATO: Thank you, 21 Mr. President. 22 I rise to thank the Governor for 23 this wonderful, wonderful nomination. And I'm 24 very, very pleased to second this nomination. 25 I met with Colleen Gardner as the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 chairman of the Labor Committee. We had a 2 very, very nice conversation. And she's got a 3 world of background. And she's so highly 4 qualified for the job that I urge everyone in 5 this chamber to work very closely with her, 6 because she's going to do an outstanding job 7 as the commissioner. 8 She was the deputy commissioner for 9 many years there, so she knows the job inside 10 out. And I look forward to working with her 11 over these many years. 12 God bless you and your family and 13 your husband, Christopher, who's with you 14 today. 15 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: As an 16 aside, if I was out there, I would be saying 17 the same things as Senator Farley and Senator 18 Onorato. 19 The question, then, is on the 20 nomination of Colleen Crawford Gardner to 21 become Commissioner of the Department of 22 Labor. All those in favor please signify by 23 saying aye. 24 (Response of "Aye.") 25 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN:

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Opposed, nay. 2 (No response.) 3 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 4 nomination is approved. 5 (Applause.) 6 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: the 7 commissioner is joined by her husband, Chris, 8 and her daughter, Caroline. Congratulations. 9 (Applause.) 10 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 11 Secretary will continue to read. 12 THE SECRETARY: As a member of 13 the Administrative Review Board for 14 Professional Medical Conduct, Peter S. Koenig, 15 Sr., of DeWitt. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 17 Senator Kruger. 18 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Thank you, 19 Mr. President. Can we please move that 20 nomination. 21 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 22 question is on the nomination of Peter S. 23 Koenig as a member of the Administrative 24 Review Board for Professional Medical Conduct. 25 All those in favor please signify by saying

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 aye. 2 (Response of "Aye.") 3 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 4 Opposed, nay. 5 (No response.) 6 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 7 nomination is confirmed. Congratulations. 8 The Secretary will continue to 9 read. 10 THE SECRETARY: As members of the 11 Advisory Council to the Commission on Quality 12 of Care and Advocacy for Persons with 13 Disabilities, Dale R. Angstadt, of Gansevoort; 14 James H. Bopp, of Garrison; Mary Hope Derby, 15 of Geneseo; Judith Eisman, of Great Neck; 16 Loretta Goff, of Westbury; Andrea 17 Haenlin-Mott, of Cortland; Richard P. Johnson, 18 of Schenectady; Deborah S. Lee, of Flushing; 19 Jeffry Luria, of Central Bridge; Loretta H. 20 Murray, of Brooklyn; and Regis Obijiski, of 21 Kingston. 22 As members of the Board of Visitors 23 of the Binghamton Psychiatric Center, Kathleen 24 Ann Calvey, of Binghamton; Frances Felice, of 25 Binghamton; and John J. Wiktor, of Binghamton.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 As members of the Board of Visitors 2 of the Brooklyn Psychiatric Center, Judi 3 Dolgow, of the Bronx, and Marilyn Doris 4 Rodriguez, of New York City. 5 As members of the Board of Visitors 6 of the Broome Developmental Disabilities 7 Services Office, Alvern Gelder, of Binghamton, 8 and Luella Rogers, of Walton. 9 As a member of the Board of 10 Visitors of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center, 11 Tadeusz S. Pietrzak, of Buffalo. 12 As members of the Board of Visitors 13 of the Capital District Developmental 14 Disabilities Services Office, Katherine T. 15 Less, of Scotia; Elizabeth J. Pieper, of 16 Scotia; and Linda E. Sartoris, of Clifton 17 Park. 18 As a member of the Board of 19 Visitors of the Elmira Psychiatric Center, 20 Joanna M. Papontos, of Schenectady. 21 As members of the Board of Visitors 22 of the Helen Hayes Hospital, Wellington Y. 23 Liu, of New York City, and Martin C. 24 Wortendyke, of Upper Nyack. 25 As a member of the Board of

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Visitors of the Hudson Psychiatric Center, 2 Patricia C. Colbert, of Fishkill. 3 As a member of the Board of 4 Visitors of the Mohawk Valley Psychiatric 5 Center, Beverly Piechowicz, of Marcy. 6 As members of the Board of Visitors 7 of the Rochester Psychiatric Center, Barbara 8 Bates, of Bergen, and Hilda R. Escher, of 9 Rochester. 10 As members of the Board of Visitors 11 of the Rockland Psychiatric Center, John A. 12 Murphy, of Orangeburg; Marra Lori 13 Schneider-Wendt, of Monticello; and Gerry 14 Trautz, of Suffern. 15 As a member of the Board of 16 Visitors of the St. Lawrence Psychiatric 17 Center, Patrick R. Rourk, of Norwood. 18 And as a member of the Board of 19 Visitors of the Sunmount Developmental 20 Disabilities Services Office, Wayne P. Rogers, 21 of Malone. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 23 Senator Kruger. 24 SENATOR CARL KRUGER: Thank you, 25 Mr. President. On these nominations, can we

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 please move them. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 3 question is on the motion to confirm the 4 nominations. All those in favor please 5 signify by saying aye. 6 (Response of "Aye.") 7 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 8 Opposed, nay. 9 (No response.) 10 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 11 motion carries. The nominations are 12 confirmed. 13 Senator Klein. 14 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 15 this time can we please recall Senate 16 Resolution 3593, by Senator Seward. I ask 17 that the title only be read and allow Senator 18 Seward to speak on his resolution. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 20 Secretary will read. 21 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 22 Seward, Legislative Resolution Number 3593, 23 congratulating the Marathon Girls' Field 24 Hockey Team and Coach Karen Funk upon the 25 occasion of winning the New York State Class C

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Championship. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 3 Senator Seward. 4 SENATOR SEWARD: Yes, thank you, 5 Mr. President. 6 I appreciated a few weeks ago all 7 the members of the Senate joining with me in 8 passing this resolution honoring the Marathon 9 Girls' Field Hockey Team. And today I'm very, 10 very pleased to welcome our New York State 11 Class C Champion Marathon Girls' Hockey Team 12 and their Coach Karen Funk to the chamber here 13 today. The team is up in the gallery. 14 This past November, the Olympians 15 captured the state title, defeating Port 16 Jefferson, from Senator LaValle's district, in 17 the championship game 3-1. Now, this is the 18 eighth state championship in field hockey, 19 girls field hockey, on behalf of Marathon. So 20 they have a true dynasty at Marathon Central 21 School. 22 The Marathon girls are synonymous 23 with excellence both on and off the playing 24 field. Along with compiling a very impressive 25 record of 18-2-1 during the 2009 field hockey

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 season, this group of outstanding young women 2 also stands out in the classroom as well. The 3 Marathon Girls' Field Hockey Team was named a 4 New York State Scholar Athlete Team, with a 5 combined average of 91.977. That's an 6 impressive record. They truly epitomize the 7 term "student athlete." 8 Now, these girls are also very much 9 outstanding citizens of the Marathon community 10 and find the time in their busy schedules to 11 give back to their community that has been 12 supportive of their endeavors. Under the very 13 steady guidance of Coach Funk, they have spent 14 time raising funds for the National Breast 15 Cancer Awareness Month. They have also 16 conducted food drives to help support the 17 Marathon Food Pantry. 18 And these fine young women are true 19 champions in every sense of the word. They 20 are fine sportswomen, wonderful students, and 21 exceptional community ambassadors. The 22 Marathon community and all of us in the State 23 of New York are very, very proud of your 24 accomplishments. This outstanding group 25 epitomizes all the best in New York State's

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 young people. And as they embark on even more 2 accomplishments in their young lives, they 3 certainly represent all the best for the 4 future of the State of New York. 5 So, Mr. President, I would ask that 6 you formally welcome this outstanding team to 7 the chamber and give us all an opportunity to 8 recognize them. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 10 you very much, Senator Seward. 11 Before that, Senator LaValle. 12 SENATOR LaVALLE: Thank you. 13 Thank you, Mr. President. 14 I rise to congratulate the Marathon 15 Field Hockey Team. I live in the Village of 16 Port Jefferson, and I know we had sugarplums 17 dancing in our head that we were going to win 18 a state championship. 19 But what is probably so important 20 is that you have demonstrated your prowess 21 both on and off the field in the academic 22 scholastic area by the achievement that 23 Senator Seward mentioned. And it also 24 hopefully shows that we in the Legislature, 25 whether we win or lose, we recognize winning

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 teams here in the New York State Senate and 2 their accomplishments. 3 So, ladies, congratulations on a 4 great victory. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank 6 you very much, Senator LaValle. 7 Senator DeFrancisco. 8 SENATOR DeFRANCISCO: I also want 9 to rise and congratulate you on your state 10 championship. 11 Being from Syracuse, New York, the 12 home of the champions, we have team after team 13 after team come through here. And it's so 14 nice that you would do this for Senator 15 Seward. And it's nice that you would do this 16 for him year after year after year. Because 17 if it wasn't for your team, he would be a very 18 depressed, despondent Senator. 19 So by your great work, you have 20 helped this Senate move forward and your 21 Senator do the best work he can possibly do. 22 So keep that in mind next year when you're 23 going for your next state championship. 24 Thank you. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: Thank

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 you, Senator DeFrancisco. 2 This resolution was previously 3 adopted on January 12th. But the field hockey 4 team from Marathon, Senator Seward, please 5 rise and we'll give you a big round of 6 applause. 7 (Applause.) 8 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 9 Senator Klein. 10 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, 11 can you please recognize Senator Libous. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 13 Senator Libous. 14 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 15 thank you for recognizing me. 16 On page 9, on behalf of Senator 17 LaValle, I offer up the following amendments 18 to Calendar Number 147, and I believe that is 19 Senate Print 3632A, and ask that the said 20 print be retained on the Third Reading 21 Calendar. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: So 23 ordered, Senator Libous. 24 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, sir. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN:

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Senator Klein. 2 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 3 this time there will be an immediate meeting 4 of the Rules Committee in Room 332. 5 Pending the return of the Rules 6 Committee, can we please stand at ease. 7 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: There 8 will be an immediate meeting of the Rules 9 Committee in Room 332. 10 Pending the return of the Rules 11 Committee, we will stand at ease. 12 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 13 ease at 4:07 p.m.) 14 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 15 at 4:29 p.m.) 16 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 17 Senator Klein. 18 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 19 believe there's a report of the Rules 20 Committee at the desk. I move that we accept 21 the report at this time. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: There 23 is a report of the Rules Committee at the 24 desk. 25 The Secretary will read.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 THE SECRETARY: Senator Smith, 2 from the Committee on Rules, reports the 3 following bills: 4 Senate Print 3555, by Senator 5 Serrano, an act to amend the Public Officers 6 Law; 7 And Senate Print 6924B, by Senator 8 C. Kruger, an act to amend the Legislative Law 9 and the State Finance Law. 10 Both bills ordered direct to third 11 reading. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 13 question is on the adoption of the Rules 14 Committee report. All those in favor please 15 signify by saying aye. 16 (Response of "Aye.") 17 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: 18 Opposed, nay. 19 (No response.) 20 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 21 Rules Committee report is adopted. 22 Senator Klein. 23 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 24 believe Senator Sampson has a resolution at 25 the desk. I ask that the resolution be read

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 in its entirety and move for its immediate 2 adoption. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: We 4 will return to the order of motions and 5 resolutions. 6 Senator Klein, has that resolution 7 been deemed privileged and submitted by the 8 office of the Temporary President? 9 SENATOR KLEIN: Yes, it has, 10 Mr. President. 11 ACTING PRESIDENT BRESLIN: The 12 Secretary will read. 13 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 14 Sampson, legislative resolution commemorating 15 the 99th Anniversary of International Women's 16 Day and celebrating New York State's women 17 leaders, past and present. 18 "WHEREAS, International Women's 19 Day, March 8th, is a global day of celebrating 20 the economic, political, and social 21 achievements of women, past, present and 22 future; and 23 "WHEREAS, In 1908, 15,000 women 24 marched through New York City demanding 25 shorter hours, better pay, and voting rights;

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 and 2 "WHEREAS, One year later, the first 3 National Woman's Day was observed across the 4 United States on February 28th. Women 5 continued to celebrate National Woman's Day on 6 the last Sunday of February until 1913; and 7 "WHEREAS, In 1911, International 8 Women's Day was officially honored for the 9 first time in Austria, Denmark, Germany and 10 Switzerland, on March 19th. More than 1 11 million women and men attended International 12 Women's Day rallies campaigning for women's 13 rights to work and vote, and to end 14 discrimination and to run for and hold public 15 office; and 16 "WHEREAS, Less than a week later, 17 on March 25th, the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist 18 Fire in New York City took the lives of more 19 than 140 working women, most of them Italian 20 and Jewish immigrants. This disastrous event 21 drew significant attention to working 22 conditions and labor legislation in the United 23 States, which became a focus of subsequent 24 International Women's Day events and 25 particularly so in the State and City of

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 New York; and 2 "WHEREAS, New York State has been 3 the birthplace and home of countless numbers 4 of accomplished and famous women who have been 5 leaders in academia, eleemosynary 6 institutions, industry and politics; and 7 "WHEREAS, New York State's famous 8 women leaders have included Susan B. Anthony, 9 who was a leader in the abolitionist and 10 temperance movements in her late 20s and 11 founded the National Women's Suffrage 12 Association, along Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and 13 was chosen to be the first American woman and 14 one of only two New Yorkers depicted upon 15 United States currency; and 16 "WHEREAS, Elizabeth Cady Stanton 17 was one of the founders of the women's 18 movement, when she and other New Yorkers 19 convened the first Women's Rights Convention 20 in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, bringing 21 more than 300 individuals together, including 22 the great orator Frederick Douglass, to fight 23 for women's equality; and 24 "WHEREAS, Shirley Chisholm was 25 elected to the New York State Assembly in

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 1964, and Congress in 1968. She was a 2 founding member of the National Women's 3 Political Caucus, and in 1972 became the first 4 woman and first African-American to have her 5 name placed in nomination by a major political 6 party for the office of president; and 7 "WHEREAS, The great State of 8 New York is honored to have been the 9 birthplace and home of countless influential 10 women leaders, among whom were Sojourner 11 Truth, Elizabeth Blackwell, Eleanor Roosevelt, 12 Zora Neale Hurston, Margaret Mead, Althea 13 Gibson, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and 14 Justice Sonia Sotomayor; now, therefore, be it 15 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative 16 Body pause in its deliberations to commemorate 17 the 99th Anniversary of International Women's 18 Day and to celebrate New York State's women 19 leaders, past and present; and be it further 20 "RESOLVED, That this Legislative 21 Body calls upon its members and fellow 22 New Yorkers to observe International Women's 23 Day as a day in service to our families, 24 friends, neighbors, and those less fortunate 25 than ourselves, to moral causes greater than

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ourselves, and to the ongoing work of the 2 women's movement; and be it further 3 "RESOLVED, That copies of this 4 resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted 5 to the Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, 6 the National Women's History Museum in 7 Alexandria, Virginia, and to the National 8 Organization for Women." 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 10 Senator Hassell-Thompson, on the resolution. 11 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: Thank 12 you, Mr. President. 13 I rise to thank Senator Sampson for 14 his resolution and the acknowledgment of 15 International Women's Day. 16 For nearly a century, parts of the 17 world have been celebrating International 18 Women's Day on the eighth day of every March. 19 Around the globe, hundreds of events have 20 occurred to commemorate the economic, 21 political, and social achievements of women. 22 This year, Women for Women 23 International sponsored peace demonstrations 24 on 70 bridges throughout the world, including 25 New York's very own Brooklyn Bridge. On a

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 bridge between Rwanda and the Democratic 2 Republic of Congo, thousands of women gathered 3 to support peace movements. These events were 4 to honor the resilience of millions of women 5 survivors of war around the world. 6 While we must be proud of how far 7 the women's movement has progressed, we cannot 8 ignore the hardship that many women still 9 suffer throughout this state, the nation and 10 overseas, whether they be victims of domestic 11 violence, discrimination in the workplace, 12 religious and political turmoil, or lack of 13 education. 14 Women have always been and always 15 will be the backbone of our society. They are 16 the foundation of our future. 17 Marianne Williamson said: "Our 18 deepest fear as women is not that we are 19 inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are 20 powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not 21 our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask 22 ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, 23 talented and famous? Actually, who are you 24 not to be? You are a child of God. Your 25 playing small does not serve the world. There

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that 2 people won't feel insecure around you. We 3 were born to make manifest the glory of God 4 that is within us. It is not just in some of 5 us, it's in all of us. And when we let our 6 light shine, we unconsciously give others 7 permission to do the same. As we are 8 liberated from our own fear, our own presence 9 automatically liberates others." 10 Thank you for today, Senator 11 Sampson, because sadly, in this great country 12 and across the world, women are still victims 13 of unequal systems of justice and of 14 discrimination at work and in their paychecks. 15 Women continue to struggle for equality in 16 male-dominated fields such as politics. Women 17 make up 51 percent of the population, but in 18 the U.S. Congress, only 17 percent of its 19 members are women. 20 As we celebrate today the 21 accomplishments of women, we cannot ignore the 22 trials and tribulations that women still face. 23 We must take a stand against inequality in our 24 lives and in the lives of our mothers, 25 sisters, friends and colleagues every day.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Thank you. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 3 you, Senator Hassell-Thompson. 4 Senator Liz Krueger, on the 5 resolution. 6 SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Thank you 7 very much, Mr. President. 8 I too rise in support of the 9 recognition of International Women's History 10 Day. And in fact, there are other resolutions 11 that move through this house. One is on 12 Women's Equality Day, wherein I often say to 13 people I'd actually like to be alive when we 14 have all 365 days of equality. 15 So on this honorable day and in 16 recognition of John Sampson highlighting the 17 importance of women, and my colleague Senator 18 Ruth Hassell-Thompson just having laid out 19 very eloquently how much further we have to 20 go, I stand to say women need to be 21 represented at every table. 22 They need to be the voices of power 23 in the Legislature representing the interests 24 of all 19 million New Yorkers. They need to 25 have their voices in every room, whether it's

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 a corporate room, a religious institution, a 2 governmental room, a community room. Because 3 in fact we are such a significant part of the 4 population and we do bring to the table, no 5 matter what the table is, a different 6 perspective. 7 And so I am honored to be among the 8 small group of women who serve here in the 9 New York State Senate -- and a slightly larger 10 group who serve in the New York State Assembly 11 on the other side of this hallowed building. 12 But I look forward to the day where 13 we can say there is full equality for women in 14 this country, there is full equality in our 15 legislative bodies, there is full equality on 16 equal pay and equal rights, there is full 17 equality in our membership in every 18 organization and institution of this great 19 country. 20 And so it is true this state has 21 been the home to many great leaders for 22 women's equality. Eleanor Roosevelt is the 23 woman who comes to mind for me most often, 24 although I'm very proud to have Geraldine 25 Ferraro as a constituent in my own district,

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 who was the first Democratic woman candidate 2 for Vice President. 3 But for our sisters, our daughters, 4 those who come after us, our young men, to 5 understand the importance of where we need to 6 go -- and we're not there yet. I was 7 delighted to see my colleagues speaking out in 8 support of a young women's sports team just a 9 few minutes ago in this chamber. Even the 10 argument of making sure that young women in 11 our school system have equal funds for them to 12 participate in sports is still a fight to this 13 day. 14 So it's great that we have women 15 champions on the sports fields, but let's not 16 forget we have a lot of work to do to ensure 17 that those young women who stood before us 18 today, and every young woman in the State of 19 New York, is growing up in a state and a 20 country where they have full equality and full 21 ability to share in the greatness of this 22 country and in the State of New York. 23 Thank you, Mr. President. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 25 you, Senator Krueger.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Senator Parker, on the resolution. 2 SENATOR PARKER: Thank you very 3 much, Mr. President. On the resolution. 4 I really am just rising to add my 5 voice to the chorus of my colleagues who are 6 celebrating International Women's Day, its 7 99th anniversary. 8 And this day is important because 9 internationally we really want to spend some 10 time and take a moment to honor those women 11 who don't have a voice, and really a lot of 12 those women who did have a voice and wouldn't 13 use their voice to take no for an answer. 14 We all come from women. It is the 15 most, you know, kind of prime thing in most of 16 our life. For most of us, you know, as 17 children, "mother" was the name for God for 18 us. That our mothers become our models for 19 what womanhood is. 20 Obviously, here in the halls of the 21 Legislature, we focus on political 22 accomplishments. And we're fortunate here in 23 New York to have history on our side. New 24 York has been at the forefront of women's 25 equality for centuries in terms of the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 historical women's rights movement. The 2 Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca 3 Falls here in New York. At that 1848 4 convention, more than 300 people came 5 together, alongside Elizabeth Cady Stanton and 6 Frederick Douglass, lending their voice to a 7 movement that was just born. 8 New York has also been the leader 9 for protection of women in the workplace. 10 Nearly a century ago, more than 140 working 11 women -- many immigrants -- lost their lives 12 in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, leading to 13 stronger regulations of working conditions 14 that we continue to advance today. 15 Further, countless women who have 16 shaped our culture have continued to call 17 New York home, such as Shirley Chisholm, the 18 first woman and first African-American to have 19 her name put in nomination by a major party 20 for the office of President, as well as 21 Geraldine Ferraro, Liz Krueger's constituent, 22 the first woman to be named on a national 23 ticket for the office of Vice President. 24 New York is the home or the 25 birthplace of Sojourner Truth, Eleanor

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Roosevelt, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia 2 Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Margaret Mead, 3 Elizabeth Blackwell, Althea Gibson, to name 4 others. 5 Women have made great progress, but 6 as long as women remain without a voice, there 7 is work that we must commit to. And I think I 8 stand here with the rest of my colleagues 9 recommitting ourselves to the work of 10 creating, as Liz Krueger again, you know, 11 talked about, 365 days of equality for women. 12 But still in our country women 13 remain the victims of domestic violence, 14 unequal systems of justice, and labor market 15 discrimination. Women continue to struggle 16 for equality in a male-dominated field such as 17 politics, where women are 51 percent of the 18 population but in the U.S. Congress only 19 17 percent of the members are women. And I 20 think far less here, definitely, in the State 21 Senate and not much higher in the State 22 Assembly. 23 And so we have to recommit 24 ourselves to the important work of making sure 25 that everyone has a place and opportunity here

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 in our society. And how can we call ourselves 2 a just society when 51 percent of the 3 population are the victims of discrimination 4 every single day? 5 And so we are just remembering and 6 calling on some of our ancestors and some of 7 the sheroes whose shoulders that we all stand 8 on, particularly those sheroes from New York 9 State. And some of them I mentioned. 10 Sojourner Truth, born in 1798 to 11 1883. She was an abolitionist and a women's 12 rights activist. She was born into slavery in 13 Swartekill, New York. Her best known speech, 14 "Ain't I A Woman," was delivered in 1851 at 15 the Ohio Women's Rights Convention in Akron, 16 Ohio. 17 We have Elizabeth Blackwell, born 18 in 1821, passed in 1910, who became the first 19 woman doctor of medicine in the United States 20 and set up practice for her sister, Emily 21 Blackwell, in New York State. 22 We have Eleanor Roosevelt, of 23 course, born in 1884 and passed in 1962. And 24 she was the First Lady and wife of President 25 Franklin Delano Roosevelt. She spent her

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 adult years working in politics and social 2 reform. Her warmth and compassion inspired 3 the nation. And she later became the U.S. 4 delegate to the United Nations. The U.N. 5 Declaration of Human Rights was largely her 6 work, and she chaired the first ever 7 Presidential Commission on the Status of Women 8 in the United States. 9 You have Zora Neale Hurston, one of 10 my personal sheroes, born in 1891 to 1960. 11 She was born in Alabama, raised in Florida, 12 educated in D.C., where she got a Ph.D. from 13 Howard University. Hurston came to New York 14 City in 1925, where she joined many others in 15 the movement now known as the Harlem 16 Renaissance. She studied at Barnard with 17 Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Gladys 18 Reichard. 19 Many of you who are Alice Walker 20 fans and who have seen the play and read the 21 book The Color Purple, Alice Walker really has 22 much of her inspiration due to Zora Neale 23 Hurston. That technique, if you've ever read 24 not the screenplay of The Color Purple but the 25 actual novel, of actually writing in the way

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 that the people spoke in the period that she 2 was trying to cover, comes from Zora Neale 3 Hurston's technique. And really, really 4 important. 5 She actually did, as an 6 anthropologist, did a great deal to talk about 7 Southern black towns that were governed by 8 black people, many of which don't even exist 9 anymore. But she grew up in one of those 10 towns in both Alabama and in Florida. 11 Other sheroes include Margaret 12 Mead, born in 1901, who passed in 1978. And 13 of course Margaret Mead was an anthropologist 14 whose career included the study of numerous 15 peoples and nations, as well as extensive 16 fieldwork. Margaret Mead really is one of the 17 architects of modern anthropology. 18 Althea Gibson, born in 1927, passed 19 in 2003. And in 1957 Althea Gibson became the 20 first African-American tennis player to win at 21 Wimbledon and Forest Hills. Her influence as 22 a role model for aspiring athletes has been 23 profound, including the Williams sisters, who 24 now frequently win at Wimbledon -- but they 25 stand on the shoulders of Althea Gibson.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, born in 1933, 2 is a Supreme Court justice. She's spent her 3 career working to eliminate gender-based 4 stereotyping and discrimination. Justice 5 Ginsburg is the second woman appointed to the 6 United States Supreme Court in its 212-year 7 history. 8 And of course the Bronx's own Sonia 9 Sotomayor. Born in 1954 in the Bronx, Justice 10 Sotomayor is the first Hispanic Supreme Court 11 justice and the third woman appointed to the 12 Court. 13 And so we want to remember all of 14 these sheroes for all of their great works, 15 and use them not just for women but also for 16 men. Young boys need to know that there are 17 women who have been part of the development of 18 this nation, part of -- you know, outside of 19 just the work that they've done in the home, 20 that they have been part of the development of 21 our constitutional system, our business lives, 22 you know, science. In almost every endeavor 23 that we engage in, women have been at the 24 forefront. 25 But I want to go back and just

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 remind us about the International Ladies' 2 Garment Workers' Union. And it was founded in 3 1900 in New York City by seven local unions 4 with a few thousand members between them, and 5 it grew up in those years. 6 And I will be creating a bill to 7 commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 8 tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York 9 City that took the lives of over 140 working 10 women. That fire led to legislation requiring 11 the improving of factory safety standards and 12 helped spur the growth of the ILGWU, which 13 fought for better and safer work conditions 14 for sweatshop workers in that industry. 15 And so we say congratulations to 16 all the women of this house and the women of 17 our great state as we remember International 18 Women's Day. 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 20 you, Senator Parker. 21 Senator Montgomery, on the 22 resolution. 23 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Thank you, 24 Mr. President. 25 I rise with my colleagues, and I

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 want to thank Senator Sampson for this 2 resolution honoring International Women's Day. 3 And I join my colleagues who have 4 already spoken so eloquently to honor and to 5 acknowledge and to thank all of the sisters 6 that have gone on before us and who have 7 fought for many aspects of freedom for many of 8 us in this room, men and women. 9 And, Mr. President, I happened to 10 be present at the 150th anniversary of the 11 celebration in Seneca Falls. And it was very, 12 very interesting, because I stayed in a hotel 13 in Auburn, New York, and right up the street 14 from the hotel was one of our prisons, one of 15 our first prisons, the Auburn prison facility. 16 And in the other direction, a little ways 17 over, there was the homestead of Harriet 18 Tubman. And a ways up the road, at Seneca 19 Falls, was the site where Elizabeth Cady 20 Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and Frederick 21 Douglass came together in 1848 to create a 22 women's movement, a suffrage movement. 23 And I could just imagine how 24 exciting it must have been -- all of these 25 people who were so determined that women

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 should have rights and that African-Americans 2 should have rights. 3 And Harriet Tubman walking and 4 making all of those trips to help free her 5 brothers and sisters from slavery. And how 6 they must have had many midnight journeys in 7 that region, moving from the South, where 8 Harriet Tubman originated, into Canada, where 9 people could raise their hands in freedom if 10 they were African-American and moving away 11 from slavery. 12 How wonderful it must have been to 13 be part of that movement. And how they had 14 real arguments -- because, Mr. President, 15 there was a divide even back then. Because 16 they had to decide if it was suffrage first or 17 if it was freedom from slavery for 18 African-Americans, if they were going to fight 19 for rights of women to vote or 20 African-American men to vote. 21 So who won? Who won? The 22 African-American men. They got the vote 23 before women. However, the women did not give 24 up. 25 So I'm thankful to these women. So

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 many of them originated here in New York. I 2 think my colleague Senator Parker has called 3 the names of many of them. Shirley Chisholm, 4 sister, who was right from Brooklyn, where I 5 represent now. As a matter of fact, her 6 district was part of what the district is that 7 I represent today. 8 I'm thankful for the women who 9 decided at some point that it wasn't enough 10 just to be comfortable. Because I think many 11 of these women in fact were very comfortable. 12 They did not have to worry about where their 13 next meal was coming from. But they cared 14 enough about all of the sisters and the 15 brothers that they continued to wage a very, 16 very significant battle. 17 And I have been asked and it is my 18 pleasure to name a number of women who have 19 served in this body as Senators, women who 20 happen to be Senators. But I warn that there 21 has only been 29 in total since the beginning. 22 However -- however, in the words of 23 Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I A woman" -- I'm in 24 the Senate, but ain't I a woman. 25 And of course I honor my sisters

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 who are here today. My congratulations to 2 each of you, Senator Suzi Oppenheimer, Senator 3 Shirley Huntley, Senator Liz Krueger, Senator 4 Diane Savino, Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson, 5 chair of our conference, Senator Betty Little, 6 Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Senator 7 Catharine Young. 8 Congratulations to all of us. We 9 all know what we go through each day, but 10 still I rise -- Senator Toby Stavisky. Toby 11 Stavisky. I owe you a special thanks, Toby. 12 And can I just mention some past 13 Senators who have come before us, who left 14 before we did, but nonetheless we can thank 15 them and we owe them, many of them. Because 16 when they came, there wasn't a toilet on this 17 floor for women. So they made that happen. 18 That was big for us. 19 Senator Rhoda Fox Graves, elected 20 in 1934. She was the first woman elected to 21 the New York State Senate. There was Senator 22 Constance Baker Motley, the first 23 African-American woman elected to the Senate. 24 Senator Mary Ellen Jones. Senator Karen 25 Burstein. Senator Carol Berman. Senator

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Carol Bellamy. Senator Linda Winikow. 2 Senator Mary Anne Krupsak. Senator Anna 3 Jefferson. Senator Mary B. Goodhue. Senator 4 Catherine Abate. Senator Janet Hill Gordon. 5 Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffmann. Senator 6 Patricia McGee. Senator Olga Mendez. Senator 7 Mary Lou Rath. Senator Nellie Santiago. And 8 Senator Ada Smith. 9 Mr. President, I offer these names 10 for your record, for our record. And I say, 11 as a woman and representing the women in this 12 house, as well as the women in this body, in 13 the Senate, in the Assembly, and the women in 14 this building, who every day have to spend 15 many, many hours preparing for us and making 16 sure -- and I hope that I shall never again 17 see a young woman carrying the books of one of 18 my male Senators. Let's just stop that today 19 going forward. That would be a wonderful 20 tribute to the women in the State Legislature 21 who work for us. 22 So in the words of Maya Angelou, 23 who I love, one of the poets in our wonderful 24 state: As a woman, still I rise. There will 25 be more to come, and we hope in very short

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 order. 2 Thank you, Mr. President. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 4 you, Senator Montgomery. 5 Senator Stewart-Cousins, on the 6 resolution. 7 SENATOR STEWART-COUSINS: Thank 8 you, Mr. President. 9 There's very little for me to say 10 because my colleagues have so beautifully 11 articulated, I think, the past, the present, 12 and the future of what women can look forward 13 to. 14 But I rise and I had to rise 15 because my mother couldn't rise. Because she 16 would not have ever dreamt that anyone like 17 herself, and then even her daughter, would be 18 able to stand in the Senate chambers. 19 I always talk about looking at the 20 very earliest pictures of the chambers and 21 seeing the women up in the gallery in little 22 bonnets and gloved. They weren't allowed even 23 to walk on the floors. Nor could they clean 24 the desks. 25 And now, we have so many women

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Senators. But as we've spoken, it's certainly 2 less than 20 percent and certainly not 3 representative of the number of women in this 4 great state. 5 And the same is mirrored, 6 legislature after legislature, throughout the 7 country and throughout the world. You see 8 progress on some levels. But what is 9 imperative is that every International Women's 10 Day, we who have a voice stand up for those 11 who are voiceless, (A) to inspire and (B) to 12 remind. 13 I was at my colleague Senator 14 Klein's African-American history event, and we 15 had an opportunity to celebrate many great 16 people. And I had an opportunity to say a few 17 words. And when I did, I recalled my mother 18 and her experience of not having the 19 opportunities. And later a young woman who 20 was a lawyer, studying -- well, she was 21 actually studying for her bar exam. And she 22 came up to me and thanked me for reminding her 23 of what my mother had gone through. 24 Because we can forget. We can 25 think that it is second nature to see women in

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 all these places. We can think that women 2 have always had the rights and always had the 3 opportunity and always had say over themselves 4 and their educational opportunities. Whatever 5 opportunities that people assumed men could 6 have, people think that women had. 7 But not too long ago, not too long 8 ago, women even in the great, leading state of 9 New York did not have the opportunities. And 10 still, now, women fight every day. 11 So we stand because we can. We 12 stand because we must. We stand because we 13 are leaders and we stand to inspire the next 14 generation to go forward and to never forget 15 where we came from. 16 Thank you. 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 18 you, Senator Stewart-Cousins. 19 Senator Adams, on the resolution. 20 SENATOR ADAMS: Thank you, 21 Mr. President. 22 I want to join my colleagues and 23 add my voice to celebrating or acknowledging 24 the International Women's Day. 25 And as you know, I have always

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 taken the position that we must take into 2 account the everyday women who contribute. 3 And they are the unsung heroes. They're not 4 the stars, they're basically the supporting 5 cast that is often not acknowledged. 6 I want to look at three areas of 7 the International Women's Day. Because it's 8 one thing just to pause on this day and give 9 acknowledgement to the contribution of women, 10 but I think we need a take a very real look at 11 what this means. 12 The first area I want to look at is 13 roles redefined. For years we criticized the 14 mothers, we criticized the women that stayed 15 at home and reared our children. And we see 16 the by-product of the absence of their most 17 important role. We compared the role of a 18 housewife or a mother who was home every day 19 as being insignificant. And now history has 20 shown us, in a period of reflection, that not 21 only was it significant, it was crucial to 22 continue our country and nation moving 23 forward. 24 I will contest and I believe that 25 if mothers were home as children were leaving

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 every day, we wouldn't have a society of 2 children that don't realize a belt loop is 3 supposed to have a belt in it. And instead of 4 teaching our children those very basic things, 5 because we demonize and criticize the 6 important roles of having a mother in the 7 household and made it a bad thing instead of a 8 good thing for a man or woman to play that 9 role, I think it hurt us. 10 The second area I would like to 11 look at: terms. People conceive and view 12 life not only from that which is in front of 13 them, but that is what impacts their 14 subconscious. We use terms such as storms and 15 hurricanes to name women. We use all things 16 that are negative to name women. That plays 17 on the psyche of people. 18 And as we talk about acknowledging 19 the International Women's Day, we need to 20 acknowledge how we consider and how we make 21 women appear in a global sense. And that is 22 when you start moving the entire globe in the 23 right direction of truly acknowledging a woman 24 for who and what she is. 25 Lastly, overcoming obstacles. The

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 only common denominator on the planet for all 2 cultures, no matter if it's in Africa or if 3 it's in Afghanistan, there is a common 4 denominator of men abusing the women of their 5 society. 6 In India there was a term called 7 sati. Whenever a man died, his wife had to 8 commit suicide by throwing herself on the fire 9 and burning herself to death. In China, a 10 woman had to squeeze her feet into a small 11 pair of shoes so that she can look appealing 12 to a man. In Africa, women were forcibly 13 circumcised so that they couldn't enjoy any 14 physical pleasure, so that the insecurities of 15 their husband would be protected. 16 All across the globe, there was 17 international domestic violence, where a man 18 was allowed to kill his wife and get away with 19 it. The laws and rules of that particular 20 area permitted it. 21 So the issue of International 22 Women's Day is not merely just to acknowledge 23 the importance of one or two or a handful of 24 women, some of the success that they've done 25 in their day, it is our time to pause for a

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 moment and state what are we doing to change 2 the image of what our opposite, as a man, is 3 in life, and that are our companions and that 4 are women. 5 And for those of us who think it's 6 not important, all we should ask is how do we 7 want our daughters to be, what type of 8 universe do we want our daughters to grow up 9 in. Do we want them to be forcibly 10 circumcised? Do we want them to have to throw 11 themselves on the flames because their mate 12 died? Do we want them to have to squeeze into 13 a small pair of shoes just to be physically 14 appealing? Do we want them to feel as though 15 they have to live through some ridiculous 16 standard? 17 So it is easy to say these rules 18 are not incorrect or not wrong when it doesn't 19 impact you directly. I think they are wrong. 20 And I think countless number of men have 21 joined side by side with the women not only of 22 America but of the globe, in creating 23 standards and creating a lifestyle that all 24 human beings, regardless of their gender, 25 should have the right to participate in the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 prosperity of being a member of one of the 2 greatest races alive, and that's the human 3 race. 4 Thank you, Mr. President. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 6 you, Senator Adams. 7 Senator Savino, on the resolution. 8 SENATOR SAVINO: Thank you, 9 Mr. President. 10 I want to first thank Senator 11 Sampson for bringing this resolution in honor 12 of International Women's Day, and of course 13 congratulate and thank all of my colleagues, 14 especially my women colleagues here, for 15 pausing to recognize the importance of 16 International Women's Day. 17 Senator Montgomery and Senator 18 Parker talked about a lot of the 19 accomplishments of women right here in 20 New York State, whether it was leading the way 21 for the right to vote or enacting labor laws, 22 long before the federal government did it, 23 that protected women and children in the 24 workplace, or all of the other firsts that we 25 have seen come out of New York State on issues

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 that were brought forward by women. And it's 2 very appropriate that we stop and we recognize 3 those things. 4 But I also don't want to just talk 5 about the past, I want to talk about the 6 future. Senator Adams mentioned changing the 7 image of women. And while certainly some of 8 the atrocities that he talked about are issues 9 we should all be concerned about -- and we 10 would want to change those images -- I'm a 11 little bit more concerned about changing the 12 circumstances for the women of New York State. 13 And we still have a long way to go 14 in achieving real equality here in New York 15 State. But we have opportunities. We have an 16 opportunity this year, in this legislative 17 session, to rectify a 75-year-old injustice 18 that affects women when we pass the Domestic 19 Workers' Bill of Rights. We have an 20 opportunity to improve our domestic violence 21 laws right here in New York State when we pass 22 some of the bills that I will be bringing 23 forward, and a bill that Senator Schneiderman 24 introduced yesterday making choking a felony 25 offense. We have an opportunity to strengthen

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 our child support laws, something that 2 seriously needs to be dealt with here in 3 New York State. 4 And we have a real opportunity in 5 this budget process this year. The Governor 6 has handed us a budget that is 7 disproportionately harmful to women -- with 8 cuts to daycare, with cuts to after-school 9 programs, with tremendous cuts to human 10 services -- at a time when women are suffering 11 more than ever in New York State. Our 12 unemployment rate is at 10 percent, and they 13 are disproportionately women who have 14 unemployed. They need that safety net now 15 more than ever. 16 So while we pause to celebrate the 17 accomplishments of women who have come before 18 us, and rightfully so, we have an opportunity 19 to rectify some injustices that exist for 20 women right now, right here in New York 21 State -- women that aren't seeking the 22 spotlight, who don't want to change the world, 23 who just want to raise a family and just want 24 to be able to survive. 25 So I want to thank Senator Sampson

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 for bringing this forward, and I look forward 2 to working with all of my colleagues to begin 3 to write the next chapter in women's history 4 in New York State. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 6 you, Senator Savino. 7 Senator Oppenheimer, on the 8 resolution. 9 SENATOR OPPENHEIMER: That was 10 very well said, and I'm glad you said that, 11 Senator Savino. 12 I wanted to just take a moment to 13 say what has happened in the last few decades 14 that I think is very positive. And yes, 15 indeed, all the women in this chamber are 16 standing on the shoulders of women that have 17 come before us. But the events that I have 18 seen I think should be noted. 19 And that is when I became mayor of 20 my village in Westchester in 1977, I was the 21 first female mayor in Westchester's history. 22 Now we have so many female heads of government 23 in Westchester that we outnumber the men. 24 So I think that is quite a nice 25 achievement over a 30-year period. Though I

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 must say in the beginning when I would go 2 around to every women's group I could find to 3 talk about coming into government, because 4 local government was a wonderful place for a 5 mother to be -- because we all had kids. And 6 I said, and you're close to your children. So 7 if your children leave their lunch at home, 8 you can get it over to their school. Whereas 9 if you go back down to Manhattan, you won't be 10 able to do that for your child. 11 I must say I talked a lot for about 12 a decade. And finally, after about a decade, 13 some people started to take my word. And 14 also, I guess, they saw me, with five small 15 children, managing. So that's part of being, 16 I guess, a mentor, where people will see you 17 and say if that person can do it, I can do it 18 too. 19 So -- and also another area that 20 has seen amazing achievement for women. When 21 I got my MBA at Columbia, we were two women, 22 two women in a class of a few hundred. Now, 23 getting pretty close to half the class in the 24 MBA program at Columbia is female. 25 So these are things that have

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 happened in the last 30, 40 years. And while 2 I can't say that our numbers here in the 3 Senate are extraordinary, I think the Assembly 4 is doing a lot better than we are. And we 5 certainly hope never to displace the men, but 6 to just be there equally with them, sort of in 7 the equal numbers that our population is. 8 So I honor the people that have 9 been here before us. And we know the 10 gratitude that we owe them, because we would 11 not be here if they had not blazed the trail 12 for us. 13 Thank you. 14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 15 you, Senator Oppenheimer. 16 The question is on the resolution. 17 All in favor signify by saying aye. 18 (Response of "Aye.") 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 20 Opposed, nay. 21 (No response.) 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 23 resolution is adopted. 24 Senator Klein. 25 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 this time could we please move to a reading of 2 the supplemental calendar. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 4 Secretary will proceed with a reading of 5 Senate Supplemental Calendar 18A. 6 THE SECRETARY: In relation to 7 Calendar Number 218, Senator Kruger moves to 8 discharge, from the Committee on Finance, 9 Assembly Bill Number 9949A and substitute it 10 for the identical Senate Bill Number 6924B, 11 Third Reading Calendar 218. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 13 Substitution ordered. 14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 15 218, by Member of the Assembly Destito, 16 Assembly Print Number 9949A, an act to amend 17 the Legislative Law and the State Finance Law. 18 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Read 19 the last section. 20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This 21 act shall take effect immediately. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Call 23 the roll. 24 (The Secretary called the roll.) 25 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 59.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 2 bill is passed. 3 THE SECRETARY: Senator Klein, 4 that completes the reading of Supplemental 5 Calendar 18A. 6 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 7 this time could we go back to motions and 8 resolutions. 9 I believe Senator Sampson has 10 another resolution at the desk. I ask that 11 the title of the resolution be read and move 12 for its immediate adoption. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 14 Secretary will read. 15 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 16 Sampson, legislative resolution commending the 17 Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty upon 18 the occasion of hosting its Food For Life 19 Awards Ceremony. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 21 Senator Klein, was this resolution deemed 22 privileged and submitted by the office of the 23 Temporary President? 24 SENATOR KLEIN: Yes, it was, 25 Mr. President.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All 2 those in favor of adopting the resolution 3 signify by saying aye. 4 (Response of "Aye.") 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 6 Opposed, nay. 7 (No response.) 8 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 9 resolution is adopted. 10 Senator Klein. 11 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 12 believe Senator LaValle has a resolution at 13 the desk. I ask that the title of the 14 resolution be read and move for its immediate 15 adoption. 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 17 Senator Klein, has this resolution been deemed 18 privileged and submitted by the office of the 19 Temporary President? 20 SENATOR KLEIN: Yes, it has, 21 Mr. President. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 23 Secretary will read. 24 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 25 LaValle, legislative resolution congratulating

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Dr. Nicholas P. Samios upon the occasion of 2 his designation for special recognition as a 3 2010 Inductee of the Long Island Technology 4 Hall of Fame. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 6 question is on the resolution. All in favor 7 signify by saying aye. 8 (Response of "Aye.") 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 10 Opposed, nay. 11 (No response.) 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 13 resolution is adopted. 14 Senator Klein. 15 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 16 believe Senator Marcellino has a resolution at 17 the desk. I ask that the title of the 18 resolution be read and move for its immediate 19 adoption. 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 21 Senator Klein, has this resolution been deemed 22 privileged and submitted by the office of the 23 Temporary President? 24 SENATOR KLEIN: Yes, it has, 25 Mr. President.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 2 Secretary will read. 3 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 4 Marcellino, legislative resolution 5 congratulating ReiJane Huai upon the occasion 6 of his designation for personal recognition as 7 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Long Island 8 Technology Hall of Fame. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All in 10 favor of adopting the resolution signify by 11 saying aye. 12 (Response of "Aye.") 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 14 Opposed, nay. 15 (No response.) 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 17 resolution is adopted. 18 Senator Klein. 19 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, I 20 believe Senator LaValle has another resolution 21 at the desk. I ask that the title of the 22 resolution be read and move for its immediate 23 adoption. 24 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 25 Senator Klein, has this resolution been deemed

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 privileged and submitted by the office of the 2 Temporary President? 3 SENATOR KLEIN: Yes, it has, 4 Mr. President. 5 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 6 Secretary will read. 7 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 8 LaValle, legislative resolution congratulating 9 Nikola Tesla, posthumously, upon the occasion 10 of his designation for special recognition as 11 a 2010 Inductee of the Long Island Technology 12 Hall of Fame. 13 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All 14 those in favor of adopting the resolution 15 signify by saying aye. 16 (Response of "Aye.") 17 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 18 Opposed, nay. 19 (No response.) 20 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 21 resolution is adopted. 22 Senator Klein. 23 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 24 this time I move to take up Senate Resolution 25 Number 4175, by Senator Foley. I ask that the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 title of the resolution be read and move for 2 its immediate adoption. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 4 Secretary will read. 5 THE SECRETARY: By Senator Foley, 6 Legislative Resolution Number 4175, commending 7 George Bloom upon the occasion of 40 years of 8 distinguished service to Local 1104, 9 Communication Workers of America, as he is 10 honored by the Long Island Federation of Labor 11 on March 4, 2010. 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All 13 those in favor of adopting the resolution 14 signify by saying aye. 15 (Response of "Aye.") 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 17 Opposed, nay. 18 (No response.) 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 20 resolution is adopted. 21 Senator Klein. 22 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 23 this time can we take up Senate Resolution 24 Number 4120, by Senator Liz Krueger. I ask 25 that the title of the resolution be read and

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 move for its immediate adoption. 2 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 3 Secretary will read. 4 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 5 L. Krueger, Legislative Resolution Number 6 4120, memorializing Governor David A. Paterson 7 to proclaim March 7 through 13, 2010, as World 8 Glaucoma Week in the State of New York. 9 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 10 Senator Liz Krueger, on the resolution. 11 SENATOR LIZ KRUEGER: Thank you, 12 Mr. President. 13 I rise to briefly highlight for the 14 record and to the people of New York that this 15 is World Glaucoma Week. 16 Glaucoma is the number-two cause of 17 blindness in the world. The earlier you catch 18 this, the more you can to prevent blindness. 19 There is so much more we can do to prevent 20 blindness in this country and throughout the 21 world, through both research and education. 22 And I would just like to remind my 23 colleagues to make sure you get your own tests 24 to see whether you have early glaucoma, so 25 that you can avoid future blindness, urge

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 everyone you know to do the same. 2 And I would like to open this 3 resolution for sponsorship by anybody who 4 wishes to. 5 Thank you, Mr. President. 6 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: Thank 7 you, Senator Krueger. 8 All in favor of adopting the 9 resolution signify by saying aye. 10 (Response of "Aye.") 11 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 12 Opposed, nay. 13 (No response.) 14 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 15 resolution is adopted. 16 Senator Krueger has asked that the 17 resolution be open to cosponsorship by all 18 members. Anyone wishing not to cosponsor the 19 resolution should notify the desk. 20 Senator Klein. 21 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at 22 this time I move we take up Senate Resolution 23 Number 4190, by Senator Espada. I ask that 24 the resolution be read title only and move for 25 its immediate adoption.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 2 Secretary will read. 3 THE SECRETARY: By Senator 4 Espada, Legislative Resolution Number 4190, 5 memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to 6 proclaim March 2010 as Women's History Month 7 in the State of New York. 8 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: All 9 those in favor of adopting the resolution 10 signify by saying aye. 11 (Response of "Aye.") 12 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 13 Opposed, nay. 14 (No response.) 15 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 16 resolution is adopted. 17 Senator Klein. 18 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, on 19 behalf of Senator Smith, I hand up the 20 following committee notice to be filed with 21 the Journal. 22 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: So 23 ordered. 24 Senator Klein. 25 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, at

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 this time can you please recognize Senator 2 Ruth Hassell-Thompson. 3 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 4 Senator Hassell-Thompson. 5 SENATOR HASSELL-THOMPSON: Thank 6 you, Mr. President. 7 Immediately following session 8 today, there will be a meeting of the Majority 9 in Room 332. Immediately. 10 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 11 Immediate meeting of the Senate Majority in 12 Room 332. 13 Senator Klein. 14 SENATOR KLEIN: Mr. President, is 15 there any further business at the desk? 16 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: The 17 desk is clear. 18 SENATOR KLEIN: Are you sure? 19 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: 20 Positive. 21 (Laughter.) 22 SENATOR KLEIN: There being none, 23 Mr. President, I move that we adjourn until 24 Wednesday, March 10th, at 3:00 p.m. 25 ACTING PRESIDENT VALESKY: On

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until 2 Wednesday, March 10th, at 3:00 p.m. 3 (Whereupon, at 5:21 p.m., the 4 Senate adjourned.) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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