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4 THE STENOGRAPHIC RECORD
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9 ALBANY, NEW YORK
10 February 11, 2020
11 3:31 p.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR BRIAN A. BENJAMIN, Acting President
19 ALEJANDRA N. PAULINO, ESQ., Secretary
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1 P R O C E E D I N G S
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
3 Senate will come to order.
4 I ask everyone present to please
5 rise and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
6 (Whereupon, the assemblage recited
7 the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Today
9 we have with us Pastor Yvons Louis, from First
10 Timothy Christian Church in Spring Valley,
11 New York, to deliver today's invocation.
12 PASTOR LOUIS: Good afternoon,
13 everybody.
14 My name is Pastor Yvons Louis. I
15 would like to take this time to thank all the
16 Senators for giving me the opportunity to open
17 this afternoon's session prayer.
18 Please bow your head.
19 O Lord, we thank You for this time
20 which You have given us to gather here at the
21 Senate floor.
22 Uplift us with Your name, with Your
23 spirit, and guide us, which is You give the
24 Senators heart and courage to be here today for
25 this meeting.
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1 We ask You for peace and let them do
2 whatever they have to do for the people who vote
3 them into office. We do this prayer in the name
4 of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
5 May God bless everybody.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Reading
7 of the Journal.
8 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, Monday,
9 February 10, 2020, the Senate met pursuant to
10 adjournment. The Journal of Sunday, February 9,
11 2020, was read and approved. On motion, Senate
12 adjourned.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Without
14 objection, the Journal stands approved as read.
15 Presentation of petitions.
16 Messages from the Assembly.
17 The Secretary will read.
18 THE SECRETARY: Senator Lanza moves
19 to discharge, from the Committee on Rules,
20 Assembly Bill Number 8949 and substitute it for
21 the identical Senate Bill 7314, Third Reading
22 Calendar 206.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
24 substitution is so ordered.
25 THE SECRETARY: Senator LaValle
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1 moves to discharge, from the Committee on Rules,
2 Assembly Bill Number 8961 and substitute it for
3 the identical Senate Bill 7315, Third Reading
4 Calendar 207.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
6 substitution is so ordered.
7 Messages from the Governor.
8 Reports of standing committees.
9 Reports of select committees.
10 Communications and reports from
11 state officers.
12 Motions and resolutions.
13 Senator Gianaris.
14 SENATOR GIANARIS: Mr. President,
15 can you please recognize Senator Borrello for an
16 introduction.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
18 Borrello for an introduction.
19 SENATOR BORRELLO: Thank you,
20 Mr. President.
21 I rise to honor a distinguished
22 group of people here from a legendary university
23 in my district, St. Bonaventure. I'd like to
24 extend a warm welcome to the delegation here from
25 the university.
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1 Founded in 1858, St. Bonaventure is
2 the nation's first Franciscan university. It's a
3 nationally recognized institution of higher
4 learning that boasts nearly 50 majors and
5 20 graduate programs. SBU has over 32,000
6 distinguished alumni worldwide, including six
7 Pulitzer Prize winners. SBU ranks number two in
8 New York and number three in the North on U.S.
9 News & World Report's 2020 list of best value
10 universities.
11 I commend the people that are here
12 today for their tremendous commitment that
13 they've shown by traveling here to advocate on
14 behalf of the valuable financial aid programs
15 such HEOP and TAP.
16 They shared some truly inspiring
17 stories with me today which underscored how
18 important these programs are, giving young people
19 in the community the opportunity to attend
20 college. And they have personally touched me
21 with their stories of those folk that are here
22 today that otherwise would not be attending
23 college were it not for the programs that are
24 supported by this state government.
25 St. Bonaventure's motto is "Becoming
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1 Extraordinary." And the students I met today are
2 well on their way to achieving that goal,
3 Thank you, Mr. President, and I
4 appreciate you extending the courtesies of this
5 house to them.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: To our
7 guests from St. Bonaventure, I welcome you here
8 on behalf of the Senate. We extend --
9 Sorry. Senator LaValle.
10 SENATOR LaVALLE: Yes, I would like
11 to follow Senator Borrello on our guests from
12 St. Bonaventure.
13 I had the great pleasure of
14 attending St. Bonaventure for a year. I probably
15 would have attended for longer but, you know,
16 being a Long Island boy, no one told me the
17 number of feet of snow you would get.
18 (Laughter.)
19 SENATOR LaVALLE: And so it's a
20 wonderful institution with great traditions, and
21 you're lucky to be going to that institution.
22 And I'm sure you'll all make the school proud
23 when you graduate.
24 Thank you for coming.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: To our
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1 guests from St. Bonaventure, I welcome you on
2 behalf of the Senate. We extend to you all of
3 the courtesies and privileges of this house.
4 Please be recognized at this time.
5 (Standing ovation.)
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
7 Gianaris.
8 SENATOR GIANARIS: At this time I
9 move to adopt the Resolution Calendar, with the
10 exception of Resolution 2772.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: All in
12 favor of adopting the Resolution Calendar, with
13 the exception of Resolution 2772, please signify
14 by saying aye.
15 (Response of "Aye.")
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
17 Opposed, nay.
18 (No response.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
20 Resolution Calendar is adopted.
21 Senator Gianaris.
22 SENATOR GIANARIS: Can we now take
23 up Resolution 2772, by Senator Sanders, read its
24 title only, and recognize Senator Sanders.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
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1 Secretary will read.
2 THE SECRETARY: Senate Resolution
3 2772, by Senator Sanders, commemorating the
4 30th anniversary of the release of Nelson Mandela
5 from Victor Verster Prison on February 11, 1990.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
7 Senator Sanders on the resolution.
8 SENATOR SANDERS: Thank you,
9 Mr. President.
10 I know where I was 30 years ago.
11 This was one of the moments where we all would
12 look back. You would know where you were at the
13 terrible assassinations of different presidents,
14 but here you had something amazing happen in the
15 world. You had the release, after 30 years or
16 more in prison, of Nelson Mandela.
17 I had been an advocate for the end
18 of the crime against humanity of apartheid, and
19 the freeing of Nelson Mandela, for many years,
20 but to actually turn on your television set and
21 to see him come out was an amazing thing. The
22 grace and dignity that he embodied as he walked
23 down the streets -- I admit that I could not do
24 this.
25 But he didn't just stop there, he
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1 carried on his life as president of the new South
2 Africa in the same fashion and set a standard of
3 leadership so high, a standard which we can
4 sorely use right around now. He did some amazing
5 things.
6 Now, I can see that the struggle of
7 the South African people is not over, that
8 they're not yet at the freedom that they sought.
9 But I also can see that the world has moved
10 forward on this issue. We have named many
11 buildings after him, many awards after him. And
12 I think that it is something that we can all
13 point to and say to our children, This is a
14 manner of leadership that we should aspire to.
15 So I just wanted to stop and mark
16 that occasion, and I'm very grateful that this
17 great body took it upon itself to say, You know
18 what, something happened and he's not simply the
19 president or was the president of South Africa,
20 he was part of the world, and we claim him too.
21 Thank you very much, Mr. President,
22 and I thank my leader for allowing this to
23 happen.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
25 Boyle on the resolution.
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1 SENATOR BOYLE: Thank you,
2 Mr. President, on the resolution.
3 First I'd like to thank
4 Senator Sanders for bringing this resolution to
5 the floor.
6 Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in
7 prison based on his faith and ideology and
8 commitment. And for those of you who are not old
9 enough to remember, he could have got out years
10 before. The African government at the time, the
11 apartheid government, was very clear that he just
12 had to denounce the struggle and he could get
13 out. And yet he stayed in prison for 27 years.
14 I know where I was 30 years ago
15 today as well. I didn't know it was 30 years
16 ago, but -- I was living in northern Virginia --
17 I'm going to tell a story, I hope it's not too
18 immodest -- watching CNN, watching Nelson Mandela
19 and Winnie walk out of that prison. I'd been a
20 fan of Nelson Mandela for years, and a thought
21 popped into my mind. Wouldn't it be a great
22 message to the people of South Africa, the people
23 of America, and the people of the world if Nelson
24 Mandela was invited to come and speak before the
25 United States House of Representatives in a joint
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1 session of Congress.
2 It was a Sunday. Monday morning I
3 walked into my boss's office, Congressman Frank
4 Horton, a Rochester Republican. I said, "You
5 know, you saw Nelson Mandela was let out of
6 prison yesterday? Why don't we try and get him
7 invited to speak in front of a joint session of
8 Congress?" He said, "Phil, that's a great idea."
9 So right away I got on the computer,
10 sent a "Dear Colleague" letter to all the members
11 of the House of Representatives. Hours later got
12 a call from the majority leader of the United
13 States Congress, Dick Gephardt, saying: Great
14 idea, we'd like to do a joint "Dear Colleague"
15 letter with you, written to the speaker, inviting
16 Nelson Mandela to come to speak.
17 We had hundreds of people calling to
18 agree, Congresspeople signing on, United States
19 Senators signing on. And then Speaker Tom Foley
20 said "That's a great idea."
21 So they invited Nelson Mandela to
22 come speak in front of a joint session of
23 Congress. He was only the second person in
24 American history who was a foreign-born person,
25 not the president or prime minister of their
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1 country, to come and speak in front of a joint
2 session of Congress. I'll let you Google who the
3 other guy was.
4 When he came, I had the honor of
5 meeting Mr. Mandela at a reception. And because
6 it was my idea, they let me watch the speech from
7 the chamber. It was a great honor. And I knew I
8 only had a few seconds to talk to him, but I
9 welcomed him to Washington, told him how happy I
10 was that he was let out of prison and his
11 leadership in turning around South Africa, and I
12 said I would hope that he would become president
13 of South Africa. He made a great politician; he
14 said hello, but he didn't comment, he just smiled
15 when I mentioned the president. But in that
16 message I kind of took he was saying to me, Phil,
17 you and I both know I'm going to be president of
18 South Africa -- which he did become four years
19 later.
20 My only regret is this was years
21 before cellphones, otherwise I would have had a
22 great selfie --
23 (Laughter.)
24 SENATOR BOYLE: -- but I have great
25 memories.
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1 I vote in favor. Thank you.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
3 question is on the resolution. All in favor
4 signify by saying aye.
5 (Response of "Aye.")
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
7 Opposed?
8 (No response.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
10 resolution is adopted.
11 Senator Gianaris.
12 SENATOR GIANARIS: At the request
13 of Senator Sanders, that resolution is open for
14 cosponsorship.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
16 resolution is open for cosponsorship. Should you
17 choose not to be a cosponsor of the resolution,
18 please notify the desk.
19 Senator Gianaris.
20 SENATOR GIANARIS: Now let's please
21 take up the reading of the calendar.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
23 Secretary will read.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 53,
25 Senate Print 1913, by Senator Gaughran, an act to
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2 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
3 the last section.
4 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
5 act shall take effect immediately.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
7 the roll.
8 (The Secretary called the roll.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
10 Announce the results.
11 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
12 Calendar Number 53, voting in the negative:
13 Senator Little.
14 Ayes, 61. Nays, 1.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
16 bill is passed.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 55,
18 Senate Print 3685B, by Senator Brooks, an act to
19 amend the General Municipal Law and the Town Law.
20 SENATOR GIANARIS: Lay it aside for
21 the day.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
23 bill will be laid aside for the day.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 206, Assembly Print Number 8949, substituted
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1 earlier by Assemblymember Cusick, an act to amend
2 the Navigation Law.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
4 the last section.
5 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
6 act shall take effect on the same date and in the
7 same manner as a chapter of the Laws of 2019.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
9 the roll.
10 (The Secretary called the roll.)
11 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
12 Announce the results.
13 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
15 bill is passed.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
17 207, Assembly Print Number 8961, substituted
18 earlier by Assemblymember Englebright, an act to
19 amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
21 the last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect on the same date and in the
24 same manner as a chapter of the Laws of 2019.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
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1 the roll.
2 (The Secretary called the roll.)
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
4 Announce the results.
5 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
7 bill is passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 222, Senate Print 5443, by Senator Persaud, an
10 act to amend the Executive Law.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
12 the last section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
14 act shall take effect on the 180th day after it
15 shall have become a law.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
17 the roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
20 Announce the results.
21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
23 bill is passed.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 238, Senate Print 854, by Senator Montgomery, an
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1 act to amend the Executive Law and the State
2 Finance Law.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
4 the last section.
5 SENATOR GIANARIS: Lay it aside
6 temporarily.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
8 bill will be laid aside temporarily.
9 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
10 257, Senate Print 5188, by Senator Mayer, an act
11 to amend the Election Law.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
13 the last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
15 act shall take effect immediately.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
17 the roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
20 Announce the results.
21 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
23 bill is passed.
24 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
25 272, Senate Print 781, by Senator Breslin, an act
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1 to amend the General Municipal Law.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
3 the last section.
4 THE SECRETARY: Section 6. This
5 act shall take effect on the 90th day after it
6 shall have become a law.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
8 the roll.
9 (The Secretary called the roll.)
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
11 Announce the results.
12 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
14 bill is passed.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 273, Senate Print 3443A, by Senator Harckham, an
17 act to amend the Real Property Tax Law.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
19 the last section.
20 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
21 act shall take effect January 1, 2022.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
23 the roll.
24 (The Secretary called the roll.)
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
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1 Announce the results.
2 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
3 Calendar 273, those Senators voting in the
4 negative are Senators Akshar, Amedore, Borrello,
5 Boyle, Funke, Gallivan, Griffo, Helming, Jacobs,
6 Jordan, Lanza, Ortt, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie,
7 Robach, Serino, Seward and Tedisco.
8 Ayes, 44. Nays, 18.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
10 bill is passed.
11 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
12 274, Senate Print 3679A, by Senator Harckham, an
13 agent relating to establishing the Real Property
14 Tax Exemption Task Force.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
16 the last section.
17 THE SECRETARY: Section 6. This
18 act shall take effect immediately.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
20 the roll.
21 (The Secretary called the roll.)
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
23 Borrello to explain his vote.
24 SENATOR BORRELLO: Thank you,
25 Mr. President.
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1 Once again, as a representative of
2 local government for many years, this is just
3 another situation where we're taking away the
4 authority of our local governments to make
5 decisions that impact them directly.
6 We've had Article X, we've had many
7 other opportunities where our state government
8 has tried to usurp the sovereignty, if you will,
9 of our local governments. And this is another
10 one of those situations. We're creating an
11 unelected task force that's going to make
12 decisions that should be in the hands of local
13 elected officials, and I am strongly no on this.
14 Thank you.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
16 Borrello to be recorded in the negative.
17 Senator Harckham to explain his
18 vote.
19 SENATOR HARCKHAM: Thank you,
20 Mr. Chair. Just a quick point of clarification.
21 This bill is a result of complaints
22 from local government about too much property
23 coming off the tax rolls for organizations, some
24 of them quite large, massive research hospitals
25 that are nonprofits who pay their CEOs millions
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1 of dollars a year and pay no property tax to a
2 municipality. So this legislation was a result
3 of requests by local officials.
4 I vote aye.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Senator
6 Harckham to be recorded in the affirmative.
7 Senator Metzger to explain her vote.
8 SENATOR METZGER: Thank you,
9 Mr. President.
10 As someone who came from local
11 government, spent 12 years in local government, I
12 am very pleased that Senator Harckham has
13 introduced this bill. My constituents are being
14 crushed under the weight of their property taxes,
15 and it's our responsibility to make sure -- get
16 to the bottom of it, find out what the facts are,
17 and make sure the system is fair.
18 So I appreciate it, and I vote aye.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
20 Announce the results.
21 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
22 Calendar Number 274, those Senators voting in the
23 negative are Senators Akshar, Borrello, Boyle,
24 Flanagan, Funke, Griffo, Jacobs, Jordan, Lanza,
25 LaValle, Little, O'Mara, Ortt, Ranzenhofer,
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1 Ritchie, Robach, Serino, Seward and Tedisco.
2 Ayes, 43. Nays, 19.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
4 bill is passed.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 275, Senate Print 3994, by Senator Gaughran, an
7 act to amend the Village Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
9 the last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
11 act shall take effect immediately.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
13 the roll.
14 (The Secretary called the roll.)
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
16 Announce the results.
17 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
18 Calendar Number 275, voting in the negative:
19 Senator Ranzenhofer.
20 Ayes, 61. Nays, 1.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
22 bill is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 277, Senate Print 4907, by Senator Skoufis, an
25 act to amend the General Municipal Law.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
2 the last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
4 act shall take effect on the 60th day after it
5 shall have become a law.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
7 the roll.
8 (The Secretary called the roll.)
9 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
10 Announce the results.
11 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
12 Calendar 277, those Senators voting in the
13 negative are Senators Akshar, Amedore, Borrello,
14 Boyle, Flanagan, Funke, Gallivan, Griffo,
15 Helming, Jordan, Little, O'Mara, Ortt,
16 Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Robach, Serino, Seward and
17 Tedisco.
18 Ayes, 43. Nays, 19.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
20 bill is passed.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 320, Senate Print 5312A, by Senator Harckham, an
23 act in relation to directing the State Board of
24 Real Property Tax Services to conduct a study on
25 real property tax saturation.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
2 the last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
4 act shall take effect immediately.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
6 the roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
9 Announce the results.
10 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
11 Calendar Number 320, those Senators voting in the
12 negative are Senators Akshar, Flanagan and
13 Little.
14 Ayes, 59. Nays, 3.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
16 bill is passed.
17 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
18 328, Senate Print 6326, by Senator Parker, an act
19 to amend the Public Service Law.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
21 the last section.
22 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
23 act shall take effect immediately.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
25 the roll.
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1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
3 Announce the results.
4 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
6 bill is passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 332, Senate Print 5122A, by Senator Gaughran, an
9 act to amend the Public Authorities Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
11 the last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
13 act shall take effect on the 30th day after it
14 shall have become a law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
16 the roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
19 Announce the results.
20 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
21 Calendar 332, those Senators voting in the
22 negative are Senators Funke and Ritchie. Also
23 Senator Kaplan. Also Senators Ortt and O'Mara.
24 Ayes, 57. Nays, 5.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
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1 bill is passed.
2 Senator Gianaris.
3 SENATOR GIANARIS: Can we now
4 remove the temporary lay-aside on Calendar 238,
5 please.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
7 Secretary will read.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 238, Senate Print 854, by Senator Montgomery, an
10 act to amend the Executive Law and the State
11 Finance Law.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Read
13 the last section.
14 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
15 act shall take effect immediately.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: Call
17 the roll.
18 (The Secretary called the roll.)
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
20 Senator Montgomery to explain her vote.
21 SENATOR MONTGOMERY: Yes, thank
22 you, Mr. President.
23 The purpose of this bill is to
24 require that an annual report from the Division
25 of the Budget be made to the State Legislature
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1 that relates to the distribution of funds and
2 grants to community-based organizations, and that
3 report would be made based on grants made by zip
4 code. I call it the Zip Code Bill.
5 It is a transparency bill, and the
6 purpose is to allow citizens as well as members
7 of the Legislature the ability to track the
8 allocations that we make of funds to
9 community-based organizations to determine the
10 exact localities throughout our state that are
11 receiving the funds, the types of services that
12 are being provided, and what in fact are the
13 outcomes of the funding being made.
14 So I'm happy that this bill has come
15 to the floor. Thank you, Mr. President. And I
16 appreciate that my colleagues will be voting yes
17 on this. We passed this bill last session, it
18 passed both houses. The Governor vetoed the
19 bill. We have addressed the issues that he
20 raised. And so I'm looking forward to this bill
21 becoming law this time.
22 Thank you. I vote aye.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
24 Senator Montgomery to be recorded in the
25 affirmative.
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1 Announce the results.
2 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 62.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
4 bill is passed.
5 Senator Gianaris, that completes the
6 reading of today's calendar.
7 SENATOR GIANARIS: Mr. President,
8 at this time there will be an immediate meeting
9 of the Rules Committee in Room 124.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: There
11 will be an immediate meeting of the
12 Rules Committee in Room 124.
13 SENATOR GIANARIS: The Senate
14 stands at ease.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
16 Senate stands at ease.
17 (Whereupon, the Senate stood at ease
18 at 3:56 p.m.)
19 (Whereupon, the Senate reconvened at
20 4:13 p.m.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
22 Senate will return to order.
23 Senator Gianaris.
24 SENATOR GIANARIS: Can we please
25 return to reports of standing committees.
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1 Is there a report of the Rules
2 Committee at the desk?
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: There
4 is a report of the Rules Committee at the desk.
5 The Secretary will read.
6 THE SECRETARY: Senator
7 Stewart-Cousins, from the Committee on Rules,
8 reports the following bills:
9 Senate Print 1714, by Senator
10 Brooks, an act to amend the Executive Law;
11 Senate Print 1726A, by
12 Senator Skoufis, an act to amend the Real
13 Property Actions and Proceedings Law;
14 Senate Print 2813A, by Senator
15 Comrie, an act to amend the Executive Law;
16 Senate Print 3320, by Senator
17 Jackson, an act to amend the Real Property
18 Actions and Proceedings Law;
19 Senate Print 4938, by Senator
20 Carlucci, an act to amend the Executive Law;
21 Senate Print 7287A, by Senator
22 Bailey, an act to amend the Executive Law;
23 Senate Print 7288A, by Senator
24 Kavanagh, an act to amend the Executive Law;
25 Senate Print 7291A, by
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1 Senator Persaud, an act to amend the
2 Executive Law;
3 Senate Print 7292A, by Senator May,
4 an act to amend the Executive Law;
5 Senate Print 7300A, by Senator
6 Skoufis, an act to amend the Executive Law;
7 And Senate Print 7301, by
8 Senator Skoufis, an act to amend the
9 Executive Law.
10 All bills reported direct to third
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12 SENATOR GIANARIS: Move to accept
13 the report of the Rules Committee.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: All
15 those in favor of accepting the report of the
16 Rules Committee signify by saying aye.
17 (Response of "Aye.")
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN:
19 Opposed, nay.
20 (No response.)
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: The
22 report of the Rules Committee is accepted.
23 Senator Gianaris.
24 SENATOR GIANARIS: Is there any
25 further business at the desk?
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: There
2 is no further business at the desk.
3 SENATOR GIANARIS: I move to
4 adjourn until tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12th,
5 at 3:00 p.m.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BENJAMIN: On
7 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
8 Wednesday, February 12th, at 3:00 p.m.
9 (Whereupon, at 4:15 p.m., the Senate
10 adjourned.)
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