Regular Session - March 24, 2025
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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 24, 2025
11 3:36 p.m.
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14 REGULAR SESSION
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18 SENATOR JAMAAL T. BAILEY, 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 BAILEY: 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 BAILEY: Granthi
9 Dilsher Singh, of the Sikh Center in Queens,
10 New York, will deliver today's invocation.
11 GRANTHI DILSHER SINGH: Waheguruwe.
12 Waheguruwe. Waheguruwe. {Chanting in Punjabi.}
13 Waheguru ji ka Khalsa waheguru ji ki fateh ji.
14 O Almighty Waheguru, the Eternal
15 Truth, we stand before You today in remembrance
16 of the countless sacrifices made by the Sikhs in
17 their pursuit of justice, truth, and equality.
18 For over six centuries, the Khalsa
19 has upheld the divine rule of Guru Nanak
20 Patshah -- Halemi Raj -- a vision of
21 Benevolent Rule where all humanity is one,
22 free from tyranny and oppression and human
23 suffering are addressed.
24 O Waheguru, we remember the
25 atrocities committed against the Sikh faith, from
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1 the oppressive rule of the Mughals to the
2 betrayal by the British, and the injustices of
3 independent India. Despite Sikhs shedding blood
4 for freedom, our people were branded as
5 criminals, our history distorted, and our Guru's
6 sacred throne desecrated in 1984. Thousands of
7 innocent Sikhs were massacred, their homes
8 burned, property looted, daughters dishonored --
9 but the Khalsa did not bow.
10 O Akaal Purakh, bless us with the
11 indomitable spirit of our countless ancestors who
12 embraced martyrdom for truth -- Guru Arjan
13 Patshah's serenity, Guru Tegh Bahadur Patshah's
14 supreme sacrifice, and General Banda Singh
15 Bahadar's fearless courage.
16 May we always stand against tyranny,
17 not for revenge, but for righteousness. May our
18 voices rise against injustice, not for division,
19 but for unity.
20 O Protector of the meek, grant us
21 the strength to uphold to build Begampura -- a
22 world without sorrow where no one lives in fear,
23 no downfall, no extra taxes, where truth prevails
24 over falsehood and universal brotherhood,
25 equality, love, peace and justice reign supreme.
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1 May the Khalsa remain forever free,
2 fearless, and devoted to the divine Hukam (the
3 Lord Command) and work for coexistence and the
4 well-being of all.
5 Guru Nanak Patshah in his hymns
6 says: If you desire to play this game of love
7 with Me {in Punjabi}, be fearless and be ready
8 for sacrifice {in Punjabi}; if choose this path
9 {in Punjabi}, be ready for sacrifice and do not
10 show your back.
11 O Waheguru, we pray for the
12 Chardi Kala of our great New York State
13 Legislature, and samoh Gurdwara Sahibs of
14 New York and Sangat, as well as our fearless
15 leaders State Senator Jessica Ramos and community
16 activist Japneet Singh, for fighting for justice
17 and equity for the most marginalized.
18 Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji
19 Ki Fateh!
20 (Response from the galleries.)
21 (Extended chanting in Punjabi, with
22 response from the galleries.)
23 GRANTHI DILSHER SINGH: Thank you,
24 everyone.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Reading
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1 of the Journal.
2 THE SECRETARY: In Senate, Friday,
3 March 21, 2025, the Senate met pursuant to
4 adjournment. The Journal of Thursday, March 20,
5 2025, was read and approved. On motion, the
6 Senate adjourned.
7 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Without
8 objection, the Journal stands approved as read.
9 Presentation of petitions.
10 Messages from the Assembly.
11 Messages from the Governor.
12 Reports of standing committees.
13 Reports of select committees.
14 Communications and reports from
15 state officers.
16 Motions and resolutions.
17 Senator Gianaris.
18 SENATOR GIANARIS: Good afternoon,
19 Mr. President.
20 Amendments are offered to the
21 following Third Reading Calendar bills:
22 By Senator Jackson, page 10,
23 Calendar 260, Senate Print 1892.
24 By Senator Rivera, page 20,
25 Calendar 430, Senate Print 3819A.
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1 By Senator Sanders, page 28,
2 Calendar 538, Senate Print 3178.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The
4 amendments are received, and the bills will
5 retain their place on the Third Reading Calendar.
6 Senator Gianaris.
7 SENATOR GIANARIS: Mr. President,
8 there's a privileged resolution at the desk,
9 Privileged Resolution 569, by Senator Ramos.
10 Please take that up, read its title, and
11 recognize Senator Ramos.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: There is
13 a privileged resolution at the desk.
14 The Secretary will read.
15 THE SECRETARY: Resolution 569, by
16 Senator Ramos, recognizing the contributions of
17 the Sikh community and commemorating the
18 Sikh massacre of 1984.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
20 Ramos on the resolution.
21 SENATOR RAMOS: Thank you,
22 Mr. President.
23 I proudly rise today representing my
24 neighbors, who are here today for a historic Sikh
25 Day of Action organized by the New York City Sikh
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1 Council, hosting over a hundred Sikh brothers and
2 sisters, many of whom are present in today's
3 gallery.
4 With today's resolution, the
5 New York State Senate is making history. We
6 recognize the many contributions of the Sikh
7 community to our state and nation, acknowledging
8 the painful history that has shaped their
9 resilience and strength.
10 In 1984, after the assassination of
11 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,
12 state-sanctioned violence was unleashed upon the
13 Sikh community in India. Over the next several
14 days, tens of thousands of Sikhs were brutally
15 murdered, women were assaulted and raped, men
16 were burned alive, families were torn apart, and
17 entire neighborhoods were set on fire. Sikh
18 homes, businesses and Gurdwaras, their sacred
19 places of worship, were also destroyed.
20 It was not a random act of violence.
21 And while the federal government doesn't yet
22 recognize it as such, it was a genocide. It was
23 organized, it was deliberate, and it was carried
24 out with the complicity of government officials:
25 A coordinated effort to silence, oppress and
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1 terrorize the Sikh people.
2 And nearly 40 years later, survivors
3 and human rights activists and organizations are
4 still fighting for justice. Today Sikhs still
5 face persecution, not only in India but across
6 the world, including right here in the
7 United States, where even after 9/11 the
8 surveillance of the Muslim community was used as
9 an excuse to scapegoat the Sikh community. This
10 persecution continues through the ongoing scourge
11 of transnational repression.
12 To the survivors who are here with
13 us today, and the families who have lived through
14 this unimaginable pain, we want you to know that
15 you are seen and heard and that we stand with
16 you. Your fight for justice is our fight as
17 well. Here in New York we stand for justice and
18 against religious persecution, and with the Sikh
19 community in their pursuit of truth.
20 Today is not just about remembrance,
21 it's about action. It's about ensuring that
22 voices are heard, that stories of survivors are
23 told, and that no government anywhere in the
24 world is allowed to commit such atrocities
25 without consequences.
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1 Passing this resolution is a strong
2 statement. It says that New York is a state
3 built on diversity, inclusion and justice, stands
4 with the victims of the 1984 genocide, and it
5 says that New York recognizes the pain and the
6 suffering of the Sikh community. And it says
7 that we will not allow history to be rewritten or
8 erased.
9 You are not alone, and your fight
10 for justice is our fight too.
11 Thank you.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Thank
13 you, Senator Ramos.
14 Senator Liu on the resolution.
15 SENATOR LIU: Thank you,
16 Mr. President.
17 Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji
18 Ki Fateh!
19 I want to thank Senator Ramos for
20 offering this important resolution, which I
21 wholeheartedly support. I support what she said;
22 I'm not going to repeat everything.
23 But the Sikh community,
24 Mr. President, has been persecuted in many ways
25 around the world and right here, unfortunately,
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1 in our own state. Which is why we have to
2 recognize -- why we have to pass this important
3 resolution.
4 We all remember not too long ago the
5 Sikh community was unfairly targeted and
6 extremely scapegoated for the attacks of
7 September 11th. And since then there have been
8 many instances of discrimination, on-the-job
9 discrimination as well as a massacre in a
10 Sikh temple, a Sikh Gudwara, not too long ago.
11 So we have to remember this
12 community for what they've gone through, but also
13 remember them for the extreme contributions, the
14 positive contributions in business, in education,
15 in media, in the corporate world, and in the
16 professions. And we would not be New York State
17 without the incredible contributions of the
18 Sikh community.
19 And indeed, a few years ago we did
20 pass legislation that was signed into law that
21 prohibits discrimination in public or private
22 places of work against people because of what
23 they wear or their garb, especially when it's
24 required for their religious faith.
25 So, Mr. President, I urge all of our
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1 colleagues to support this resolution.
2 Thanks very much.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Thank
4 you, Senator Liu.
5 Senator Sanders on the resolution.
6 SENATOR SANDERS: Thank you,
7 Mr. President.
8 My colleagues have spoken well about
9 the Sikh community. I will just add that one of
10 the things that I have found most amazing about
11 the Sikh community is the -- is something that
12 they may consider very simple, but for the
13 colleagues who don't know, they have a meal that
14 they serve to the public. And anyone who is
15 hungry, of any faith, can walk in and sit down
16 and get something to eat, the same thing that
17 everyone else is eating.
18 And I think that this is just
19 something amazing. I think it's something that
20 perhaps every religious group should do. And
21 it's done every day. And I have always found
22 that interesting.
23 And I've been blessed to have had
24 many members of the Sikh community. For most of
25 my term I've covered the Richmond Hill,
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1 South Ozone, Ozone Park community, so I've had
2 the pleasure of being with the Sikh community and
3 learning from them.
4 So of course having learned from
5 them in so many different ways, I am very
6 grateful to be here and to support this
7 resolution. I thank the sponsor, and I thank
8 this body for being bold enough.
9 And I encourage all of us, on
10 another day, treat yourself right and go to one
11 of their temples and sit down and have some food
12 and some good conversation. And imagine what
13 America could be if all of us went out of our way
14 to some other -- out of our comfort zone and sat
15 down and learned from other people.
16 I gladly vote yes, Mr. President.
17 Namaste.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Thank
19 you, Senator Sanders.
20 To our history-making and resilient
21 and welcoming guests, I welcome you on behalf of
22 the Senate. We extend to you all of the
23 privileges and courtesies of this house.
24 Please rise and be recognized.
25 (Standing ovation.)
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The
2 question is on the resolution. All in favor
3 signify by saying aye.
4 (Response of "Aye.")
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Opposed,
6 nay.
7 (No response.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The
9 resolution is adopted.
10 Senator Gianaris.
11 SENATOR GIANARIS: Mr. President,
12 Senator Ramos would like to open this resolution
13 for cosponsorship.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The
15 resolution is open for cosponsorship. Should you
16 choose not to be a cosponsor, please notify the
17 desk.
18 Senator Gianaris.
19 SENATOR GIANARIS: Please take up
20 the calendar.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The
22 Secretary will read.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number 9,
24 Senate Print 1356A, by Senator Skoufis, an act to
25 amend the Election Law.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
2 last section.
3 THE SECRETARY: Section 5. This
4 act shall take effect immediately.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
6 roll.
7 (The Secretary called the roll.)
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
9 the results.
10 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 57.
11 SENATOR GIANARIS: The bill is
12 passed.
13 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
14 128, Senate Print 1617, by Senator Rivera, an act
15 to amend the Public Health Law.
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
17 last section.
18 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
19 act shall take effect on the 180th day after it
20 shall have become a law.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
22 roll.
23 (The Secretary called the roll.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
25 Borrello to explain his vote.
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1 SENATOR BORRELLO: Thank you,
2 Mr. President.
3 I have a lot of concerns with this
4 bill. First and foremost, it's going to
5 automatically renew Medicaid applications. The
6 problem in New York State we don't know how many
7 people are actually eligible.
8 Right now there's a report out that
9 says roughly 3 million people are eligible for
10 Medicaid that are actually collecting, right now,
11 courtesy of New York State taxpayer, to the tune
12 of $20 billion a year, a million of which we
13 can't even prove actually exist. There's a lot
14 of fraud in this system.
15 What's more disturbing is 44 percent
16 of New Yorkers and 60 percent of people in
17 New York City are on Medicaid. We have to ask
18 ourselves, is this the right path?
19 Everyone who deserves help should
20 get help. But the fact that we have more than a
21 million people that the Department of Health has
22 refused to identify as being qualified is
23 incredibly disturbing. And automatically
24 renewing people for this I think is going to be
25 an even bigger mistake.
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1 So I'll be voting no. Thank you.
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
3 Borrello to be recorded in the negative.
4 Announce the results.
5 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
6 Calendar 128, those Senators voting in the
7 negative are Senators Ashby, Borrello,
8 Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Gallivan, Griffo, Helming,
9 Lanza, Martins, Mattera, Murray, Oberacker,
10 O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads, Stec, Tedisco,
11 Walczyk, Weber and Weik.
12 Ayes, 37. Nays, 20.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
14 is passed.
15 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
16 192, Senate Print 2482, by Senator Parker, an act
17 to amend the Public Authorities Law.
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
19 last section.
20 THE SECRETARY: Section 4. This
21 act shall take effect immediately.
22 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
23 roll.
24 (The Secretary called the roll.)
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
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1 the results.
2 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
3 Calendar 192, voting in the negative:
4 Senator Walczyk.
5 Ayes, 57. Nays, 1.
6 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
7 is passed.
8 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
9 198, Senate Print 2458, by Senator Comrie, an act
10 to amend the Public Authorities Law.
11 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
12 last section.
13 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
14 act shall take effect immediately.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
16 roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
19 the results.
20 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
22 is passed.
23 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
24 262, Senate Print 1783, by Senator Hinchey, an
25 act to amend the Agriculture and Markets Law.
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1 SENATOR GIANARIS: Lay it aside for
2 the day, please.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Lay the
4 bill aside for the day.
5 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
6 308, Senate Print 2275, by Senator Krueger, an
7 act to amend the Executive Law.
8 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
9 last section.
10 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
11 act shall take effect on the 90th day after it
12 shall have become a law.
13 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
14 roll.
15 (The Secretary called the roll.)
16 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
17 the results.
18 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
20 is passed.
21 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
22 333, Senate Print 2618, by Senator Addabbo, an
23 act to amend the Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and
24 Breeding Law.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
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1 last section.
2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
3 act shall take effect immediately.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
5 roll.
6 (The Secretary called the roll.)
7 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
8 the results.
9 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
11 is passed.
12 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
13 339, Senate Print 2479, by Senator Parker, an
14 directing the New York State Energy Research and
15 Development Authority to study the feasibility
16 and efficiency of a microgrid.
17 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
18 last section.
19 THE SECRETARY: Section 3. This
20 act shall take effect immediately.
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
22 roll.
23 (The Secretary called the roll.)
24 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
25 the results.
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1 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
2 Calendar 339, voting in the negative:
3 Senator Oberacker.
4 Ayes, 57. Nays, 1.
5 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
6 is passed.
7 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
8 342, Senate Print 413, by Senator Gounardes, an
9 act to amend the General Obligations Law.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
11 last section.
12 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
13 act shall take effect on the 60th day after it
14 shall have become a law.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
16 roll.
17 (The Secretary called the roll.)
18 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
19 Helming to explain her vote.
20 SENATOR HELMING: Thank you,
21 Mr. President.
22 I rise to explain my vote on the
23 bill before us that, according to the sponsor's
24 bill, bans no-rehire clauses. This bill and the
25 timing and bringing it to this floor are highly,
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1 highly hypocritical, in light of the Governor's
2 extreme no-rehire ban for 2,000 corrections
3 officers.
4 These men and women stood up for a
5 safer environment within our state-owned and
6 operated correctional facilities, and they have
7 been banned from being rehired by the state.
8 And if that's not extreme enough,
9 the Governor used her authority to override
10 municipal home rule and county law to further
11 harm our corrections officers and their families
12 by banning the hiring at the local level.
13 Earlier I heard that it's all about
14 action on this floor, it's all about justice.
15 Well, you know what? Our corrections officers
16 deserve some justice. This overreach and this
17 attack on former state employees should concern
18 everyone in this chamber and elected officials at
19 every level of government.
20 Mr. President, we should not be
21 picking winners and losers when it comes to
22 no-rehire bans.
23 For this reason, I'll be voting no
24 and I urge everyone in this body to do the same.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
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1 Helming to be recorded in the negative.
2 Senator Borrello to explain his
3 vote.
4 SENATOR BORRELLO: Thank you,
5 Mr. President.
6 Senator Helming summarized it quite
7 brilliantly. And what we're saying here is that
8 if an agreement has come together between an
9 employee and an employer and actually a
10 compensation has been offered, that we're not
11 going to enforce the ability for an employer to
12 say, You cannot be hired by anyone else.
13 But yet we have Governor Hochul
14 doing exactly that. Two thousand families that
15 aren't going to be able to earn a living anymore
16 because she felt she was somehow disrespected.
17 Even though they were living in dangerous
18 conditions, working in dangerous conditions in
19 our prisons. Which is the reason why they went
20 on strike.
21 Even though the reality is they were
22 likely not in violation of the Taylor Act because
23 of the fact that they were actually in fear for
24 their lives working in these prisons, yet she is
25 going to blackball them. As Senator Helming
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1 said, not just at state jobs -- county jobs,
2 local jobs. You want to be an officer at a
3 school? No, you can't do that. But yet this
4 legislation allows it. For a private industry
5 who's already come to an agreement, made a
6 remuneration offer, they can't do it.
7 So again, completely hypocritical
8 and unfair, and I'll be voting no.
9 Thank you.
10 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
11 Borrello to be recorded in the negative.
12 Senator Gounardes to explain his
13 vote.
14 SENATOR GOUNARDES: Thank you,
15 Mr. President.
16 I appreciate my colleagues for
17 confusing two different issues that we're talking
18 about at issue here in this bill.
19 This bill is about victims of the
20 workplace and sexual harassment being told, as a
21 condition of their settlement when they have
22 experienced heinous and egregious behavior by
23 their supervisors or their coworkers, that they
24 don't have to accept the inability of themselves
25 to pursue another job opportunity anywhere in
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1 their company around the entire globe.
2 We're not talking about corrections
3 officers, we're not talking about the illegal
4 strike that took place last month. We're talking
5 about people being told, You want to stop being
6 touched by your boss? We're not going to let you
7 apply for a job anywhere in this company,
8 worldwide.
9 Imagine you're a Chase teller at a
10 bank working for Chase, and you have a sexual
11 harassment claim, and the only way you can
12 vindicate your own rights is to say I will never
13 work at a Chase bank anywhere on the globe.
14 I'm just using that as an example;
15 I'm not singling out Chase.
16 But that is the point here. That's
17 all this bill is about.
18 This is a body that is supposed to
19 stand up for the victims of sexual harassment and
20 workplace discrimination, and that's entirely
21 what this bill is meant to do. This is the fifth
22 time that this chamber is passing this bill,
23 because we believe on this side that we're not
24 going to let victims be subject to the coercive
25 power of their supervisors.
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1 And for that reason, Mr. President,
2 I proudly vote aye.
3 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Senator
4 Gounardes to be recorded in the affirmative.
5 Announce the results.
6 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
7 Calendar 342, those Senators voting in the
8 negative are Senators Ashby, Borrello,
9 Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Chan, Gallivan, Griffo,
10 Helming, Lanza, Martins, Mattera, Murray,
11 Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads,
12 Rolison, Stec, Tedisco, Walczyk, Weber and Weik.
13 Ayes, 36. Nays, 22.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
15 is passed.
16 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
17 387, Senate Print 70, by Senator Kavanagh, an act
18 to amend the Banking Law.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
20 last section.
21 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
22 act shall take effect on the 30th day after it
23 shall have become a law.
24 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
25 roll.
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1 (The Secretary called the roll.)
2 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
3 the results.
4 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
5 Calendar 387, those Senators voting in the
6 negative are Senators Ashby, Borrello,
7 Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Chan, Gallivan, Griffo,
8 Helming, Lanza, Martins, Mattera, Murray,
9 Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Palumbo, Rhoads,
10 Rolison, Stec, Tedisco, Walczyk, Weber and Weik.
11 Ayes, 36. Nays, 22.
12 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
13 is passed.
14 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
15 394, Senate Print 1126, by Senator Persaud, an
16 act directing the Department of Environmental
17 Conservation to conduct a study of ecological
18 restoration needs of Jamaica Bay.
19 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
20 last section.
21 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
22 act shall take effect immediately.
23 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
24 roll.
25 (The Secretary called the roll.)
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
2 the results.
3 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
5 is passed.
6 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
7 395, Senate Print 1984, by Senator Harckham, an
8 act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
9 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
10 last section.
11 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
12 act shall take effect on the 90th day after it
13 shall have become a law.
14 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
15 roll.
16 (The Secretary called the roll.)
17 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
18 the results.
19 THE SECRETARY: Ayes, 58.
20 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
21 is passed.
22 THE SECRETARY: Calendar Number
23 396, Senate Print 3179, by Senator Sanders, an
24 act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law.
25 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Read the
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2 THE SECRETARY: Section 2. This
3 act shall take effect immediately.
4 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Call the
5 roll.
6 (The Secretary called the roll.)
7 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: Announce
8 the results.
9 THE SECRETARY: In relation to
10 Calendar 396, voting in the negative are
11 Senators Ashby, Borrello, Chan, Gallivan, Griffo,
12 Lanza, Oberacker, O'Mara, Ortt, Stec, Tedisco,
13 Walczyk and Weber.
14 Ayes, 45. Nays, 13.
15 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: The bill
16 is passed.
17 Senator Gianaris, that completes the
18 reading of today's calendar.
19 SENATOR GIANARIS: Is there any
20 further business at the desk?
21 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: There is
22 no further business at the desk.
23 SENATOR GIANARIS: I move to
24 adjourn until tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25th --
25 Greek Independence Day -- at 3:00 p.m.
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1 ACTING PRESIDENT BAILEY: On
2 motion, the Senate stands adjourned until
3 tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25th -- Greek
4 Independence Day -- at 3:00 p.m.
5 (Whereupon, at 4:02 p.m., the Senate
6 adjourned.)
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