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3:33 PMRegular SessionALBANY, NEW YORK
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 1                NEW YORK STATE SENATE

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 4               THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD

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 9                  ALBANY, NEW YORK

10                  January 29, 2018

11                      3:33 p.m.

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14                   REGULAR SESSION

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18  SENATOR ELAINE PHILLIPS, Acting President

19  FRANCIS W. PATIENCE, Secretary

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 1                P R O C E E D I N G S

 2                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

 3   Senate will come to order.  

 4                I ask everyone present to please 

 5   rise and repeat with me the Pledge of Allegiance.

 6                (Whereupon, the assemblage recited 

 7   the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)

 8                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   In the 

 9   absence of clergy, may we please bow our heads in 

10   a moment of silence.

11                (Whereupon, the assemblage respected 

12   a moment of silence.)

13                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   That's 

14   my favorite part.

15                The reading of the Journal.

16                THE SECRETARY:   In Senate, 

17   January 28th, the Senate met pursuant to 

18   adjournment.  The Journal of Saturday, 

19   January 27th, was read and approved.  On motion, 

20   Senate adjourned.

21                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Without 

22   objection, the Journal stands approved as read.

23                Presentation of petitions.

24                Messages from the Assembly.

25                Messages from the Governor.


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 1                Reports of standing committees.

 2                Reports of select committees.

 3                Communications and reports from 

 4   state officers.

 5                Motions and resolutions.

 6                Senator DeFrancisco.

 7                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Madam 

 8   President, I move that the following bills be 

 9   discharged from their respective committees and 

10   be recommitted with instructions to strike the 

11   enacting clause:  Senate Bills 5979 and 5722A, 

12   both by Senator Larkin.

13                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   So 

14   ordered.

15                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Also, I have 

16   a bill that I'd like to be discharged from its 

17   committee and be recommitted with instructions to 

18   strike the enacting clause.  That's 5237, by 

19   Senator Marcellino.

20                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   So 

21   ordered.

22                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   I also move 

23   that the following bills be discharged from their 

24   respective committees and be recommitted with 

25   instructions to strike the enacting clause:  


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 1   Senate Bill Numbers 5149, 4515, 5354, all by 

 2   Senator Marchione.

 3                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   So 

 4   ordered.

 5                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Next, 

 6   amendments are offered to the following Third 

 7   Reading Calendar bills.  

 8                By Senator Murphy, page 19, Calendar 

 9   Number 100, Senate Print 3751.

10                By Senator Marcellino, page 20, 

11   Calendar 112, Senate Print 3479.  

12                By Senator Marchione, page 23, 

13   Calendar 149, Senate Bill 194.  

14                By Senator Little, page 26, Calendar 

15   182, Senate Print 1379C.  

16                And I now move that these bills 

17   retain their place on the order of third reading.

18                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

19   amendments have been received, and the bills will 

20   retain their place on the Third Reading Calendar.

21                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   And would you 

22   please recognize Senator Valesky.

23                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

24   Valesky.

25                SENATOR VALESKY:   Thank you, Madam 


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 1   President.

 2                I move that my bill, Senate Bill 

 3   3570B, be discharged from its respective 

 4   committee and recommitted with instructions to 

 5   strike the enacting clause.

 6                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   So 

 7   ordered.

 8                SENATOR VALESKY:   And on behalf of 

 9   Senator Klein, on page 26, I offer the following 

10   amendments to Calendar 184, Senate Bill 1990, and 

11   ask that said bill retain its place on the Third 

12   Reading Calendar.

13                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

14   amendments are received, and the bill retains its 

15   place on the Third Reading Calendar.

16                SENATOR VALESKY:   Thank you.

17                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Thank 

18   you.

19                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Would you now 

20   recognize Senator Gianaris, please. 

21                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

22   Gianaris.  

23                SENATOR GIANARIS:   Madam President, 

24   on behalf of Senator Hoylman, I move the 

25   following bill be discharged from its committee 


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 1   and recommitted with instructions to strike the 

 2   enacting clause:  Senate Bill 5447.

 3                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   So 

 4   ordered.

 5                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Madam 

 6   President, would you now take up the reading of 

 7   the noncontroversial calendar.

 8                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

 9   Secretary will read.

10                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 7, 

11   by Senator Golden, Senate Print 7279, an act to 

12   amend the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.

13                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

14   the last section.

15                THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

16   act shall take effect on the same date and in the 

17   same manner as a chapter of the Laws of 2017.

18                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

19   the roll.

20                (The Secretary called the roll.)

21                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

22   Announce the result.

23                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.

24                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

25   bill is passed.


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 1                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 37, 

 2   by Senator Alcantara, Senate Print 7309, an act 

 3   to amend the Economic Development Law.

 4                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

 5   the last section.

 6                THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

 7   act shall take effect immediately.

 8                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

 9   the roll.

10                (The Secretary called the roll.)

11                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

12   Announce the result.

13                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.

14                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

15   bill is passed.

16                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

17   122, by Senator Gallivan, Senate Print 3581, an 

18   act to amend the Correction Law.

19                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

20   the last section.

21                THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

22   act shall take effect immediately.

23                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

24   the roll.

25                (The Secretary called the roll.)


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 1                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

 2   Announce the result.

 3                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.

 4                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

 5   bill is passed.

 6                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 7   165, by Senator Funke, Senate Print 1044A, an act 

 8   to amend the Parks, Recreation and Historic 

 9   Preservation Law.

10                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

11   the last section.

12                THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

13   act shall take effect April 2, 2019.

14                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

15   the roll.

16                (The Secretary called the roll.)

17                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:  Announce 

18   the result.

19                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.

20                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

21   bill is passed.

22                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

23   167, by Senator Flanagan, Senate Print 3532, an 

24   act to amend the Parks, Recreation and Historic 

25   Preservation Law.


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 1                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

 2   the last section.

 3                THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 4   act shall take effect immediately.

 5                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

 6   the roll.

 7                (The Secretary called the roll.)

 8                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

 9   Announce the result.

10                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.

11                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

12   bill is passed.

13                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

14   177, by Senator Peralta, Senate Print 352, an act 

15   to amend the Banking Law.

16                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

17   the last section.

18                THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

19   act shall take effect on the 180th day.

20                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:  Call the 

21   roll.

22                (The Secretary called the roll.)

23                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

24   Announce the result.

25                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 45.


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 1                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

 2   bill is passed.

 3                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 4   189, by Senator Little, Senate Print 1317, an act 

 5   to amend the Real Property Law.

 6                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

 7   the last section.

 8                THE SECRETARY:   Section 2.  This 

 9   act shall take effect immediately.

10                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 

11   the roll.

12                (The Secretary called the roll.)

13                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:    

14   Announce the result.

15                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 47.

16                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

17   bill is passed.

18                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19   190, by Senator Little, Senate Print 1376, an act 

20   to amend the General Obligations Law.

21                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

22   the last section.

23                THE SECRETARY:   Section 4.  This 

24   act shall take effect on the 180th day.

25                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 


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 1   the roll.

 2                (The Secretary called the roll.)

 3                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

 4   Kavanagh to explain your vote, please.

 5                SENATOR KAVANAGH:   Thank you.

 6                I'll be voting against this bill 

 7   today.  This bill -- I commend the sponsor for 

 8   taking on this issue.  This is a very important 

 9   issue that is our effort to get people using our 

10   slopes for winter sports to wear helmets, 

11   particularly children.  

12                But this bill is I think partly a 

13   response by the industry to a far more 

14   comprehensive proposal that we've been working on 

15   for a long time.  In this case, the bill only 

16   puts the obligation on the families and the 

17   children themselves to wear helmets, rather than 

18   putting some obligations on the ski resorts that 

19   are profiting from this activity.  It also puts 

20   the onus on local law enforcement to ensure that 

21   people are wearing helmets on ski slopes, which 

22   seems like an odd role for local law enforcement, 

23   given their lack of access to the slopes because 

24   they're private property.

25                And moreover, the bill only 


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 1   addresses children 14 and under, whereas it's 

 2   widely recognized that people certainly older 

 3   than that ought to be wearing helmets, and it 

 4   might do a disservice to families of, you know, 

 5   15-year-olds and 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds by 

 6   suggesting to them that it's okay for older 

 7   teenagers not to be wearing helmets.  

 8                And finally, the bill addresses 

 9   skiers but not snowboard users.  

10                So for all these reasons, I think 

11   the bill, although I'm sure it's well-intended, 

12   does not address the problem and may displace the 

13   far more comprehensive legislation we ought to be 

14   doing.  So I'll be voting no.

15                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

16   Kavanagh to be recorded in the negative.

17                Senator Little to explain your vote.

18                SENATOR LITTLE:   Thank you, Madam 

19   President.  

20                I'd like to thank my colleagues for 

21   supporting the bill, those who are.  

22                And the reason for the 14 years old 

23   is that we modeled this bill after the very 

24   successful bicycle helmet bill.  

25                The ski areas are in support of this 


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 1   bill.  They're going to promote helmets all the 

 2   way around.  They will supply helmets for rent 

 3   and all of that.  It's on their ticket.  And I 

 4   think that any of you who go skiing will see that 

 5   most people are wearing helmets, adults and 

 6   whatever.

 7                But it is a choice.  And for 

 8   14-year-olds, we believe it should be -- anyone 

 9   under the age of 14, it should be mandatory.  

10                So I thank you all, and I vote aye.

11                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

12   Little recorded in the affirmative.  

13                Announce the result.

14                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 48.  Nays, 1.  

15   Senator Kavanagh recorded in the negative.

16                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

17   bill is passed.

18                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

19   212, by Senator Ritchie, Senate Print 6839, an 

20   act to amend the Highway Law.

21                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

22   the last section.

23                THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

24   act shall take effect immediately.

25                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Call 


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 1   the roll.

 2                (The Secretary called the roll.)

 3                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:  Announce 

 4   the result.

 5                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 49.

 6                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

 7   bill is passed.

 8                THE SECRETARY:   Calendar Number 

 9   215, by Senator Murphy, Senate Print 7004, an act 

10   to amend the Highway Law.

11                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Read 

12   the last section.

13                THE SECRETARY:   Section 3.  This 

14   act shall take effect immediately.

15                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:  Call the 

16   roll.

17                (The Secretary called the roll.)

18                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Senator 

19   Murphy to explain his vote.

20                SENATOR MURPHY:   Thank you, Madam 

21   President.  

22                I rise to salute the 1.8 million men 

23   and women of our armed forces who are the 

24   recipients of the Purple Heart.  

25                America's oldest military 


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 1   decoration, the Purple Heart is awarded only to 

 2   those who have been killed or wounded by enemy 

 3   action:  

 4                Men and women like Army First 

 5   Lieutenant Victor Prato, of Somers, who was 

 6   injured by a car bomb while deployed in 

 7   Afghanistan just this past December; 

 8                Men and women like Air National 

 9   Guardsman Joseph Lemm, a 15-year veteran of the 

10   New York Police Department, who was tragically 

11   killed alongside Air Force Major Adrianna 

12   Vorderbruggen, the first openly gay female 

13   officer killed in combat; 

14                Vietnam- and Korea-era veterans like 

15   Willie Nazario, Eugene Lang, Neil Gross, and 

16   Dale Novak of the amazing Military Order of the 

17   Purple Heart of York, and those from our greatest 

18   generation who have left us, like Staff Sergeant 

19   Ray Kilduff, of Patterson, who served alongside 

20   "Old Blood and Guts," General Patton, in 

21   North Africa;  

22                The men and women who have walked 

23   the hallowed halls of the United States Military 

24   Academy at West Point, served at Fort Drum and 

25   the Brooklyn Naval Yard; 


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 1                And men and women like William 

 2   Brown, Elijah Churchill, and Daniel Bissel, who 

 3   were each presented with the Purple Heart, then 

 4   known as the Badge of Military Merit, by 

 5   General George Washington himself.  

 6                The people of the County of 

 7   Westchester have great admiration and the utmost 

 8   gratitude for all the men and women who have 

 9   selflessly served their country, and most 

10   especially those who have paid the high price for 

11   freedom by leaving their families, their 

12   communities, and placing themselves in harm's 

13   way, some never ever to return again.

14                I would just like to thank my 

15   colleagues for their support of this bill and, 

16   Madam President, I will be voting in the 

17   affirmative.  Thank you.

18                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   Thank 

19   you, Senator Murphy.

20                Announce the result.

21                THE SECRETARY:   Ayes, 55.

22                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

23   bill is passed.

24                That completes the noncontroversial 

25   reading of the calendar.


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 1                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   Madam 

 2   President, is there any further business at the 

 3   desk?

 4                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   There 

 5   is no further business at the desk.  

 6                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   I just want 

 7   to compliment you on presiding over the most 

 8   efficient session of this year so far.

 9                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   The 

10   quickest.

11                SENATOR DeFRANCISCO:   And with that 

12   said, I move to adjourn until Tuesday, 

13   January 30th, at 11:00 a.m.

14                ACTING PRESIDENT PHILLIPS:   On 

15   motion, the Senate stands adjourned until 

16   Tuesday, January 30th, at 11:00 a.m. 

17                Thank you, everyone.

18                (Whereupon, at 3:46 p.m., the Senate 

19   adjourned.)

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