Tuesday, January 11, 2011

1 NEW YORK STATE SENATE 2 3 4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD 5 6 7 8 9 ALBANY, NEW YORK 10 January 11, 2011 11 11:03 a.m. 12 13 14 REGULAR SESSION 15 16 17 18 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ROBERT J. DUFFY, President 19 FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary 20 21 22 23 24 25

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate will 3 come to order. 4 I ask everyone present to please 5 rise and repeat with me the Pledge of 6 Allegiance. 7 We'll stand by until our Color 8 Guard gets posted. 9 (The New York Cadet Wing Color 10 Guard of the Civil Air Patrol marched to the 11 front of the chamber.) 12 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 13 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.) 14 THE PRESIDENT: In the absence of 15 clergy, I ask that we all recognize a moment 16 of silence, please. 17 (Whereupon, the assemblage 18 respected a moment of silence.) 19 (The Color Guard presented colors 20 at the dais and then marched to the rear of 21 the chamber.) 22 (Applause.) 23 THE PRESIDENT: The reading of 24 the Journal. 25 The Secretary will read.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, 2 Monday, January 10, the Senate met pursuant to 3 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, 4 January 9, was read and approved. On motion, 5 Senate adjourned. 6 THE PRESIDENT: Without 7 objection, the Journal stands approved as 8 read. 9 Presentation of petitions. 10 Messages from the Assembly. 11 Messages from the Governor. 12 Reports of standing committees. 13 Reports of select committees. 14 Communications and reports from 15 state officers. 16 Motions and resolutions. 17 Senator Skelos -- Senator Libous. 18 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 19 Mr. President. Senator Skelos is the one with 20 a little bit more hair. 21 (Laughter.) 22 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, sir. 23 May we please adopt the Resolution Calendar in 24 its entirety at this time. 25 THE PRESIDENT: All in favor of

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 adopting the Resolution Calendar in its 2 entirety signify by saying aye. 3 (Response of "Aye.") 4 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay. 5 (No response.) 6 THE PRESIDENT: The Resolution 7 Calendar is adopted. 8 Senator Libous. 9 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 10 Mr. President. 11 Mr. President, I believe there's a 12 privileged resolution at the desk by Senator 13 Seward. May we please have the title read and 14 move for its immediate adoption. 15 THE PRESIDENT: The Secretary 16 will read the resolution title only. 17 THE SECRETARY: By Senators 18 Seward, McDonald and Farley, Legislative 19 Resolution Number 134, commending the New York 20 Cadet Wing Color Guard of the Civil Air Patrol 21 upon the occasion of presenting the colors at 22 the start of the session of the New York State 23 Senate, January 11, 2011. 24 THE PRESIDENT: Senator Seward. 25 SENATOR SEWARD: Yes, thank you,

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Mr. President. 2 It's certainly an honor and 3 privilege for me to rise today to recognize 4 the members of our Color Guard team of 5 New York 415 Civil Air Patrol Unit. 6 As many of you in this chamber 7 know, the Civil Air Patrol is a volunteer, 8 nonprofit auxiliary of the United States Air 9 Force. And we mainly think of the Civil Air 10 Patrol in their role as providers of an array 11 of emergency services to the people of the 12 state, including forest fire protection, 13 disaster relief services, guaranteed 14 communications, aircraft emergency assistance, 15 and those types of services that they provide. 16 They provide a very valuable service to the 17 people of the State of New York. 18 But in addition to those essential 19 services that they provide, the Civil Air 20 Patrol also encourages activities to help 21 develop our young people of the state into 22 responsible citizens through its very 23 phenomenal cadet program. And we saw very 24 much an evidence of that this morning with our 25 Color Guard team. They are comprised of some

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 very exceptional young adults in the Civil Air 2 Patrol's cadet program. 3 The cadet program is designed for 4 young people 12 to 18 years of age. It aims 5 to develop essential life skills, instills 6 some values, including teamwork, personal 7 integrity, leadership, respect, 8 self-confidence. The list of some outstanding 9 characteristics and character-building goes on 10 and on in terms of what the cadet program 11 does. 12 And the Color Guard team that's 13 here today has participated in a number of 14 wreath-laying ceremonies, recently at the -- 15 several at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Cemetery, 16 as well as the memorial wreath right here at 17 the New York State Capitol. They've also 18 participated in a number of flag raisings, 19 memorial and funeral ceremonies. They've also 20 marched with colors in arms for numerous 21 Memorial Day and Veterans Day parades. 22 So today, Mr. President and my 23 colleagues, is a day that we can set aside to 24 salute the Civil Air Patrol and what that 25 means in terms of the services provided to the

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 people of the state, as well as, and in 2 particular, this outstanding cadet program. 3 I'd like to, if I may, 4 Mr. President, acknowledge the presence in the 5 chamber today of the New York Wing Commander, 6 Colonel Jack Ozer -- if you would stand, 7 Colonel -- as well as Major Darren Cioffi, 8 who's the Southeastern Group Commander; my 9 constituent, Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Liddle, 10 who's the New York Wing and Northeast Regions 11 Government Relations Advisor. And I 12 understand that Major Gerald Marketos, who's 13 the Command Pilot and Assistant Government 14 Relations, is also with us today too. 15 I'm going to ask Senator McDonald 16 to -- he can acknowledge the members of the 17 Color Guard team who are from his area. But 18 this is the leadership of our New York Wing of 19 the Civil Air Patrol. We're delighted to have 20 them in the chamber today. 21 (Applause.) 22 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, 23 Senator. 24 I'd like to welcome our guests and 25 thank them for their great service.

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 And next, Senator McDonald. 2 SENATOR McDONALD: Thank you, 3 Mr. President. 4 I have the honor of having the 5 cadets that we just saw, they're all residents 6 of mine in Saratoga County. Jessi Rapelje, 7 Blake Hotopp, David Rakvica, Ben Schiher, 8 Scott Downs, and Ryan Triller were all the 9 young cadets who live in the communities of 10 Ballston Spa and Burnt Hills. And their 11 senior members: Lieutenant Colonel Anita 12 Martin, Group Commander; First Lieutenant 13 Connie Schuyler, Squadron Commander and Deputy 14 Group Commander; Second Lieutenant Gregg 15 Schuyler, Squadron Commander; First Lieutenant 16 Alec Martin; and Captain Penny Epler Carl. 17 All of these folks spent a lot of 18 time, as Senator Seward said, dedicating their 19 time to our community. They are our future. 20 And I'm very proud of the way the New York 21 State Senate has welcomed them today. 22 Thank you, Mr. President. 23 THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, 24 Senator. 25 And I also want to recognize our

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Color Guard again and thank them for their 2 service. 3 (Applause.) 4 THE PRESIDENT: All members have 5 spoke on the resolution. The question is on 6 the resolution. All in favor signify by 7 saying aye. 8 (Response of "Aye.") 9 THE PRESIDENT: Opposed, nay. 10 (No response.) 11 THE PRESIDENT: The resolution is 12 adopted. 13 Senator Libous. 14 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 15 one moment, please. We're conferring with the 16 Minority on something. 17 (Pause.) 18 THE PRESIDENT: Senator Libous. 19 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 20 Mr. President. 21 Is there any other business at the 22 desk? 23 THE PRESIDENT: There is not, 24 Senator. 25 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you,

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 Mr. President. 2 Mr. President, I now hand up the 3 following committee assignments on behalf of 4 Senator Skelos and ask that such committee 5 assignments be filed in the Journal. 6 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 7 Senator Libous. 8 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 9 we are going to -- the Senate is going to 10 stand at ease, pending Senator Breslin and I 11 coming back to hand up the Minority committee 12 assignments shortly. So the Senate will stand 13 at ease. 14 However, Mr. President, members 15 should know that there will be session on 16 Tuesday, January 18th, at 3:00 p.m. 17 And we will officially adjourn 18 after we hand up the Minority assignments. 19 Members are free to be dismissed. 20 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate stands 21 at ease. 22 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at 23 ease at 11:15 a.m.) 24 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened 25 at 12:55 p.m.)

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 THE PRESIDENT: The Senate is 2 back in session. 3 Senator Libous. 4 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 5 Mr. President. 6 Mr. President, in consultation with 7 Senator Sampson, I hand up the following 8 Minority committee assignments and ask that 9 such assignments be filed into the Journal. 10 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 11 SENATOR LIBOUS: And, 12 Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Skelos, I 13 hand up the following appointments and ask 14 that they be filed into the Journal. 15 THE PRESIDENT: So ordered. 16 SENATOR LIBOUS: Mr. President, 17 is there any other further business at the 18 desk? 19 THE PRESIDENT: There is none, 20 Senator. 21 SENATOR LIBOUS: Thank you, 22 Mr. President. 23 There being no further business, I 24 move that we adjourn until Tuesday, 25 January 18th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days

Candyco Transcription Service, Inc. 1 to be legislative days. 2 THE PRESIDENT: On motion, the 3 Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, 4 January 18th, at 3:00 p.m., intervening days 5 being legislative days. 6 (Whereupon, at 12:56 p.m., the 7 Senate adjourned.) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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