Regular Session - March 9, 2010
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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 March 9, 2010
11 3:27 p.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR NEIL D. BRESLIN, Acting President
19 ANGELO J. APONTE, Secretary
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:
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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.
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. Senator Constance
22 Baker Motley, the first African-American woman
23 elected to the Senate. Senator Mary Ellen
24 Jones. Senator Karen Burstein. Senator Carol
25 Berman. Senator Carol Bellamy. Senator Linda
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1 Winikow. Senator Mary Anne Krupsak. Senator
2 Anna Jefferson. Senator Mary B. Goodhue.
3 Senator Catherine Abate. Senator Janet Hill
4 Gordon. Senator Nancy Larraine Hoffmann.
5 Senator Patricia McGee. Senator Olga Mendez.
6 Senator Mary Lou Rath. Senator Nellie
7 Santiago. Senator Ada Smith. And Senator
8 Gladys Buck.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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3 (Whereupon, at 5:21 p.m., the
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