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[Unidentified member (Pledge leader)]: Flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: In the absence of clergy, let us bow our heads in a moment of silent reflection or prayer. Reading of the journal.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In senate, 03/09/2026, the senate met the soul to adjourn. Journal Thursday, 03/05/2026 was read and approved. A motion to senate adjourn.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Without objection, the journal stands approved as read presentation of petitions, messages from the assembly. Secretary will read. Senator Fahey moves

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: to discharge from the committee on education assembly bill number forty three eighty two a, the substitute for the identical senate bill sixty seven thirty four a, third reading count of four thirty seven.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: So ordered. Messages from the governor, reports outstanding committees, reports of select committees, communications, reports from state officers, motions, and resolutions. Senator Gionnaires. Good afternoon, mister president. Afternoon.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: On behalf of senator Jackson on page 24, I offer the following amendments to calendar four zero forty three, senate print fifty one eighty three, and as that said bill retain its place on third reading calendar.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Amendments are received and the bill retain its place on the third reading calendar. Senator Gineris.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: I now move to adopt the resolution calendar with the exception of resolutions seven eight seventeen eighteen and seventeen twenty three.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: All those in favor of adopting the resolution calendar with exception of resolution seventeen eighteen and seventeen twenty three, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed nay. Resolution calendar is adopted. Senator Gionnaires.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: At this time, please recognize senator Weber for an introduction.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Webb. Thank you, mister

[Senator Bill Weber]: president. I rise to recognize a truly remarkable group visiting us in the senate chamber, the twelfth grade class graduating class of Ahavas Biasiakov of Rockland County. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge principal miss Shandy Shandy Eisenberg and Shmueli Hartstein, who are up there in the gallery as well. They founded an organization called Kol Israel, which means the voice of the Jewish people. Kol Israel is a new organization with a powerful mission to engage Jewish youth in civic education and teach them how local and state government functions. In less than two months, this organization has already taken four trips here to our capital, today being the largest delegation yet. They have met with more than 40 elected officials in various capacities and have many more, advocacy trips planned in the months ahead, all centered around empowering young people to participate meaningfully in our democratic process, not a small accomplishment at all. Before us are 22 outstanding young women who have completed a comprehensive civics course studying how government works from local municipalities to the New York State legislature. They are not just learning about government in theory. They are here putting their education in action, meeting with legislators, engaging respectfully, and advocating for their values for community safety. These students from my Senate district are among the thousands of students who attend private schools, receive an excellent education, and go on to become civic minded, productive, engaged members of society. I personally know many of their families. They are constituents in the 30 and are hardworking, community orientated, and deeply invested in in faith and public life. Their presence here today demonstrates that young people are paying attention. They care about their communities. They care about public safety, and they care about their future, and they understand that democracy functions best when citizens show up and participate. Mister president, we thank them for being here. We thank mister Hartstein for his leadership and vision as well, and we look forward to watching these young women grow into the next generation of leaders in our state and our nation. Mr President, I I ask you to and to I ask you for this body to extend the twelfth grade of a harvest bias shock off of Rockland County, the full courtesies and privileges of the state New York State Senate. Please join me in welcoming them warmly as well.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: To our guests, I welcome you on behalf of the senate. We extend to you the privileges and courtesies of the house. Please rise and be recognized.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: Senator Nares. Please recognize senator Webb for another introduction. Senator Webb.

[Senator Lea Webb]: Thank you, mister president. Today, I I rise and I want to lift up someone who's joined us in the chamber today, but is someone who is not only making a very remarkable impression here in our great state, but is also called upon nationally. Today, we are joined by Doctor. Angela Odoms Young, who is an outstanding scholar, leader, and advocate for healthier communities across New York. She is the Nancy Schuggle meaning associate professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition at Cornell University. She also serves as the Director of the Food and Nutrition Education Program Communities Program led by New York State's expanded Food and nutrition education program through Cornell Cooperative Extension. Her research examines how social and structural factors such as economic inequality, racism, and environmental injustice shape dietary behaviors and contribute to disparities in health care along with chronic diseases. She works to improve access to food and health outcomes, particularly in historically marginalized communities. She has and continues to shape national food and nutrition policy through her service with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine as co chair of the Scientific Review Committee for the twenty twenty Dietary Guidelines for Americans. I'm very proud to recognize Doctor. Angela O'Nhams Young for her commitment to improving the health and well-being of families across our great state and nation. Mister president, I ask that you join me in welcoming her to our chamber and extend her all the privileges of the floor. Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: To our guests, I welcome you on behalf of the senate. We extend to you the privileges and courtesies of the house. Please rise and be recognized.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: Senator G. Nieves. Please take up previously adopted resolution sixteen eighty by senator Fernandez. Have that resolution's title read and recognize senator Fernandez.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Secretary will read.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Resolution sixteen eighty by senator Fernandez commemorating the inaugural celebration of bronze day on 03/10/2026. Senator Fernandez.

[Senator Nathalia Fernandez]: Mister president, it is my great honor to rise before today and my colleagues from across this great state to declare that once again, at long last, Bronx Day is happening in Albany. After nearly a decade, myself, my colleagues, and a group of the most dedicated, talented individuals have resurrected this great tradition. This day, every day, Bronx sites are called upon us to remind us of one fundamental truth, that since 1898, The Bronx is the single greatest borough in New York City. Yes, it is. The best, if you will. It is the spirit of The Bronx that makes it so. A spirit that was constructed over generations, scarred by tragedy, but resilient above all else. That despite great hardship, would change the world for the better. Now putting on my historian hat because we're gonna tell a story. Long before the boroughs or city lines, the land was home to the Lenape, those who lived along the river for generations. Fun fact, the river, the Bronx River, is the only freshwater river in New York City. In 1639, a Swedish settler named Jonas Bronx built a farm along that river and maintained relations with the native leaders. But he didn't stay too long. And unfortunately, colonization, as it does, spread it and with impunity, the people of that land were forced from the land. But as the story goes, the borough rose from this land, the Bronx land, and it would be known today as The Bronx. Another fun fact, there are only three places in the world that have the in front of its name. The The Hague in The Netherlands, The Vatican in Italy, and The Bronx in New York City. And while The Bronx may carry a long history in the family of New York City boroughs, we are still the youngest. In 1912, The Bronx was the last borough to join New York City, and I call it the baby borough, my baby. Anyone who grew up in a big family knows that the youngest sibling is sometimes underestimated, sometimes overlooked, sometimes talked about before even being heard. But that position teaches you, it teaches you something, it teaches you to fight for your place, It teaches you to prove yourself. And The Bronx has spent more than a century doing exactly that. But the spirit of The Bronx does not just live in its geography, it lives in the people. Generations after generations of families have come to The Bronx to build a life. Immigrants like my parents, Dona Sonia and Don William from Cuba and Colombia, working families, communities from across Europe, The Caribbean, Latin America, Asia, South American South and beyond. They brought their language, their culture, their food, their music, and their pride. And together they built neighborhoods that did more than just house people, they created identity. You have Little Italy in Belmont on Arthur Avenue. You have Little Yemen in Morris Park. You have Little Puerto Rico in Clasid Point. You have Bungalabazaar in Parkchester, and you have Little Jamaica in Baychester, and so much more. Shout out to my Albanians, my West Africans, and the Garifuna community and everybody in between. Time and time again, The Bronx has created culture that reached far beyond the streets. Movements born here have shaped music, art, identity across the globe. We created Duwah. We cultivated salsa. Rest in peace to Willie Colon. Yesterday, he was laid in red to rest in peace. Shout out to Hector Lavoe, who came to The Bronx, cultivated this music, and created community. And mister president, do you know that La Reyna de Salsa herself, Celia Cruz, rests in power for eternity in the Great Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx? And of course, hip hop. I know we love that. Hip hop did start in The Bronx. Don't let anybody ever tell you that it started anywhere else besides 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Because if it wasn't for The Bronx, this rap stuff would have been going on. Uptown, baby. Uptown, baby. We get down, baby. Up the crown, baby. We have to have a dance break because we are the boogie down Bronx. The Bronx has always been bigger than its borough lines, and yet for the world, it has given sometimes a bad name, the forgotten borough, the stepchild borough. But history tells a different story. Even when the recognition didn't always follow, many of our most notable leaders, voices and visionaries came for The Bronx. From Edgar Allan Poe, you can visit his house today in Poe Park. From James Baldwin, who graduated from D. Wick Clinton High School. Also, Stan Lee, the father of our Marvel comics and many superheroes that we love. And of course, our current US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. We have raised pioneers who challenge and change the world for the better, even Cardi B. And Chaz Palmentary, Sonny from a Bronx day will tell you the worst thing in the world is wasted talent. And so many of us hurt him because we're not wasting our talent. On our borough flag, we have a borough flag as every borough does. It has a a saying, yield not to evil. There were times when people looked at the borough and only saw struggle. The era where the nation watched images of fires and declared that The Bronx was burning. But the spirit of The Bronx did not stay down. It rebuild it neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block, family by family. It even built this country, mister president. Another fun fact, a Fernandez fun fact, did you know that at our nation's capital, the Lincoln Memorial, that statue was made in The Bronx? It was carved in a studio in the South Bronx and brought in pieces to our nation's capital. So when you go visit Washington DC, you know The Bronx is looking at you. The spirit of The Bronx, when the world handed us a tough deck, a tuck a tough deck, The Bronx played it handedly. Returning the favor with music, hip hop, salsa, doo wop, the New York Yankees, 27 rings. K? The New York Botanical Gardens, the first botanical garden in this state. We have Brooklyn, we have Queens, but the New York Botanical Garden is in the Bronx because that is where it started as did so many other things. We have the best zoo, the Bronx Zoo, where you can see Happy the Elephant and fashion icons from Calvin Klein, I know a lot of us love to wear his suits, to original still Edwin Reyes. And if you're watching the Olympics, the Winter Olympics and those very nice outfits was designed by Bronx native Ralph Lauren. And may I say that The Bronx is beautiful. It is so beautiful. We are the greenest borough with the most parkland space. From Pelham Bay Park to Orchard Beach, Van Cortland, Saint Mary's, Crotona, we are so beautiful and every day we continue to bloom. I say before you, mister president, if you didn't know again, The Bronx is the only borough on the Mainland USA. The Bronx is the gateway to The United States. You have to come through us if you wanna see anything else. And that is fitting because the story of The Bronx is the story of America. We are the city. We are God's country. And we are the hopes and dreams of generations past fighting that in our place we are the hopes and dreams of generations past fighting for our place in the world, and we are winning. As a state senator, I know that to represent The Bronx is to carry that spirit with you. It means speaking for communities who have fought to be heard. It means honoring resilience, creativity, and the pride that defines our borough. And it means making sure that The Bronx is never overlooked in places where decisions are made, like right here in our state capital. That is why today matters. Today's leaders, artists, entrepreneurs, community members from The Bronx have come today to see you, so you can see them. Today, we recognize the borough that has given so much to the world. To my baby borough, The Bronx, I'm so proud of you. And we are reminded that The Bronx is not just a part of New York City. It is not just where we live. It is it is who we are. We are the vibe, we are The Bronx, and we are the best. Thank you.

[Senator Bill Weber]: Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Bailey.

[Senator Jamaal T. Bailey]: Thank you, mister president. Thank you to senator Fernandez for revitalizing Bronx Day, to the chamber of commerce and all of our esteemed guests. Mister president, today, I get to be a lawyer again. I'm gonna submit to you a motion for summary judgment about The Bronx, the greatest place on God's green earth. Now, a philosopher once said, New York to the heart where we got love for all. Line die in the fire where I learned the ball. Uptown is a place where I laid my dome. On the streets of The Bronx where my family room. Now we heard that Brooklyn's in the house. We heard that Queens gets the money. We know about Harlem World. Money making Manhattan, money earning Mount Vernon. But I submit to you in this motion for summary judgment as senator Fernandez, if it wasn't for The Bronx, this rap thing probably would never would be going on. So tell me where you from. Uptown, the greatest place where life tastes sweeter. People talk about food, mister president. There are Starbucks in Manhattan, we got there on White Plains Road for jerk chicken spots. Little Jamaica, the most Jamaicans outside of the country of Jamaica reside uptown. Wagwan, my brethren, they know what's going on because they made a life. They've come to The Bronx. My grandparents came to The Bronx from North Carolina. Migration, all great roads lead through the boogie down Bronx, And all great leaders happen to go to high school in The Bronx. Leader Stewart Cousins, Abandon Charles High School, boogie down Bronx. Speaker Carl Hasty, Truman High School, boogie down Bronx. I don't think it's a coincidence. I think it's something that happens. There's something in the air. There's something rich about the tapestry, the fabric. We talk about the fashion designers. We talk about Ralph and Calvin. I know all of you have polo. That's from The Bronx. You may not know about up and coming fashion designers like Muggsy McFly out of Baychester, an uptown representative doing great things. We talked about Stan Lee, Marvel, and they think that this is Wakanda. No, this is The Bronx. Stan Lee, also a Bronx site. So when you think Wakanda, you think The Bronx, the only borough with the sign. I know some of you all try to make other signs. There's only one borough with the sign. As much as I may not like the team that resides on 161st Street and River Avenue, they do have a lot of championships. But we are the home of great basketball players like Jamal Mashburn and Rod Strickland, mister president, the greatest NBA player in my opinion to never make a all star game. Just led Eli U to to to a NCAA tournament for the first time in a long time. But it's not just about the braggadocio, mister president. You heard the facts about the borough. There's a sense of resilience that the Bronx has taken on. Sports announcer, clown in my book, Howard Cosell, said that The Bronx was burning. Bronx was never burning, mister president. Those fires were a result of disinvestment, not just financially but a disinvestment in the people of the Bronx. Now that we have stewards and steward cousins in Hasties that really invested in the borough, look at God. Look at how far we have come. Those fires were set by people that wanted us to burn, but now, mister president, we're on fire. What we have done, the undisputed birthplace of hip hop, for those in the back, for those in the front. It all comes from, all comes from 1520 Sedgwick Avenue and Senator Jose Marco Serrano's district. 08/11/1973, a date that will live forever in history when hip hop started out in the park. Mister president, we are the home of the world's largest cooperative development in Co Op City. New York City's largest indoor shopping mall at Bay Plaza. And those of us who are from uptown, we know about going through Burger King and get to the movie theater. Those of us from uptown, we know about buy one get one free Wednesdays at Carvel on February. But everybody from The Bronx has their own Bronx story, their own little slice of heaven, mister president. And as I close, I'm just glad that God made me be from The Bronx. We are the only borough that was born in the same century that we were born in. All the other boroughs got sixteens and seventeens and eighteens. The Bronx, 1912. Youngest and freshest. The last etching on the stairs but the first in your heart. So as I close, invite you all to come come down the hill, enjoy The Bronx, savor the Bronx, just don't root for the team there, the professional team there. But I am really excited that Bronx Day in Albany is back. To all my colleagues, let us continue to live out oh, one more thing, mister president. Ogden Nash, famous poet. He infamously wrote The Bronx, no thongs. But much like the resurgence that everybody knows about The Bronx, Ogden Nash made amends. I can't seem to escape the sins of my smart aleck youth. Here are my amends. I wrote those lines, The Bronx, no thunks. I shudder to confess them. Now I'm an older, wiser man. I cry, the broncs. God bless them, and god bless the borough of the broncs. Thank you, mister president.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you.

[Senator Zellnor Myrie]: Senator Murray. Thank you, mister president. Let me thank senator Fernandez for bringing this resolution. I also want to to to hold on. Hold on. Hold on. I'm a get to it. I'm a get to it. Let me let me also recognize that we are joined by history making women, in a month where we are recognizing that. We have the first woman ever, first black woman ever, first black person ever to assume the Bronx borough presidency, the honorable Vanessa Gibson, a former member of this August state legislature. And then we have the Bronx district attorney, the first black woman in the state of New York history to assume the office of district attorney. So The Bronx yeah. We could give it up for her. So in addition to all of the great things you are gonna hear about The Bronx today, I wanna ensure that we recognize that it isn't just within the confines of the boroughs boundaries, but that they are setting an example for many women that look just like them, who will set an example for future generations. Now you're probably wondering why this Brooklyn kid is standing up on the bronze day resolution, senator Rivera. But I would argue, that I have the strongest dual citizenship between the two boroughs out of anybody in this chamber, because my dad moved to The Bronx when I was very, very, very young. So I got street cred in The Bronx. I know about Baychester Avenue. I know about the Carvel special. I played handball at Van Cortland. I played hoops at Sousa. I bought bootleg CDs on Fordham Road when I was young when I was

[Senator Gustavo Rivera]: young. What's a CD?

[Senator Zellnor Myrie]: I was I was educated at Fordham University. I would not be who I am today if not for the great borough of the Bronx. So I wanted to ensure that I gave my just due, that I gave praise to this borough for all that you continue to do, not just for the city of New York, but the entire state of New York. Thank you, and happy Bronx Day.

[Unidentified member (Pledge leader)]: Thank you.

[Senator José M. Serrano]: Senator Serrano. Thank you very much, mister president, and and many thanks to all my colleagues and senator Fernandez and all who have spoken about the importance of The Bronx and all who are here to celebrate all that is great about this wonderful borough. And we heard our colleagues talk about all the different ways that The Bronx is special, and it is all of that and very personal for me. As a kid growing up in the nineteen seventies in The Bronx, I was really made to feel that this was not a good place. I would tell people I was from The Bronx and they would go, oh, how'd you survive? And, you know, all this, you know, nonsense. There was this belief, this mythology that The Bronx was not magic, but I knew that it was. I was watching Reggie Jackson hit three home runs in the in the World Series. I was witnessing all of the magic that was there all around, all of the great music and the architecture and the largest collection of art deco apartments anywhere outside of Miami Beach. And when I had children, my wife and I, and I would talk to my son about The Bronx. You know, he had heard the rumors that The Bronx was not great, and I said, let's talk about that for a minute. Let's talk about all the great things that came from this borough that we love. Now my son is a big fan of Batman. There would be no Batman if it wasn't for The Bronx. The Dark Knight got his start in the borough as did many other of our superheroes as senator Fernandez mentioned through the Marvel Universe and otherwise. And from Stanley Kubrick, who revolutionized the way we watch movies. From Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein, who revolutionized the way we look at fashion. I could go on and on. I could talk about Neil deGrasse Tyson. I could talk about Sonia Sotomayor. I could talk about all the amazing musicians and thinkers and poets and writers. And really what it boils down to is pride. It's pride that we were denied through redlining and through benign neglect. There was nothing benign about the neglect that happened in the nineteen sixties and seventies in The Bronx. This was purposeful. This was something that was done that was a tremendous tragedy, and it had repercussions for generations. Indeed, I grew up thinking that this was not the place to be. I grew up thinking that what I saw on TV in the Brady Bunch was the epitome of the American dream, not realizing that the diversity and the beauty that was in The Bronx was the dream. So as I stand here as the father of two teenage kids and my son in his second year at the University of Pennsylvania, and I'm so proud of him and my daughter and and all that The Bronx gave to us, We would not be anything if it was not for The Bronx. And I congratulate everyone here to celebrate it. Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you. Senator Sepulveda. Thank you, mister president.

[Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda]: Before I speak, just have to make it clear to senator Myrie that you don't get creed cred citizenship just because you step foot in The Bronx. To get the cred credibility in The Bronx, you gotta live there, you gotta work there, you gotta be with us every single day. And I want to deny, senator Bailey his motion for summary judgment because even though what he said was accurate about The Bronx, the reality is that he's still a New York Mets fan. The Bronx I've lived in most counties in the City Of New York and several places throughout the state, but there's no greater place than The Bronx. You know, I moved into The Bronx after graduating from law school in 1991 and stayed there and I've been there for the last thirty something years. And I tell you that it's been one of the best experiences of my life. I've raised one son there and another one I raised for most of his life there. And I could not think of a greater place to raise a family. Now I, of course, I want to thank Natalia for the great work for this, day today, and I saw a lot of the presentation. You should be very proud of the work that you've done. I wanna thank the Bronx Chamber of Commerce for the great work that they do in economic development for the county. Now it's important that we celebrate as we celebrate almost four hundred years of New York City and two hundred and fifty years of this country that we celebrate The Bronx. You know, people don't know this, but, The Bronx played a critical role in the revolutionary war in this country. And there are many sites that you can go visit. You can see where actual battles took place. The Bronx is one of the most diverse places in the world. I lived in Queens. I lived in Jackson Heights, so I know how diverse Jackson Heights is. But The Bronx is almost as diverse and has a great community. In the nineteen forties to the nineteen seventies, there was a big migration from Puerto Rico. Subsequently, you've had people from West Africa, from Africa. You've had people from South, from South Asia. The Bangladeshi community is a thriving community there now. You have a large Dominican community, which is the largest ethnic group now in the county of The Bronx. And I know we've mentioned some of the great and famous people that were born or lived or were raised in The Bronx. I know someone mentioned, Neil deGrasse, Tyson, who, as you all know, has changed the way we live and we think about the universe. Neil deGrasse's father was African American, and his mother was Puerto Rican. We had other great, people like Roscoe Brown, W. E. Dubois. They were all born in The Bronx and lived there most of their lives. We have other famous musicians. I know we spoke about Cardi B, but we also have Jennifer Lopez. We have Grandmaster Flash, and we had KRS One, two pioneers of hip hop music. Fat Joe is another bron Bronx born and bred musician. And one that probably many of you don't know, especially you're from Long Island, is that Billy Joe was actually born in The Bronx. You know, we have a lot of pride that hip hop is the birthplace The Bronx is the birthplace of hip hop. It transformed music, and it also changes social expressions around the world and fashion in other ways. You know, our bar our borough has the best zoo in the entire country. It has the best botanical gardens in the entire world. It has Orchard Beach. It has Van Cortlandt Park, are wonderful places to go. And, of course, it is a location where you have a county where you have many educational centers like Fordham. You have Lehman College and many, many other institutions that have higher learning in the county. I invite all of my colleagues to come and visit The Bronx. We could take you to Little Italy to eat, foods from, not only the Italian community, but also the Mexican American community, which is growing in that sector. We can take you to areas where you could eat Jamaican food. You could eat Arabic food. I mean, so many different kinds of of flavors of food and flavors from different countries that we invite you to come in. Of course, if you come, we'll take you to Yankee game. We'll take you to the greatest zoo, the Bronx Zoo. And then after you're done there, we'll walk you over to the Botanical Garden so you have the greatest experience you have in your life. So we urge you come to The Bronx. I'm so honored to be recognizing The Bronx. As I said, I can't think of a greater place to live. God bless the Bronchio de Vendiga.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Krueger.

[Senator Liz Krueger]: Thank you very much. I never lived in The Bronx. But my first job in New York City when I moved to New York in 1983 was to actually work in the Hunts Point area of The Bronx, which was a tough place at that time. And so I am delighted to hear all these wonderful things that are The Bronx today and all the great people who come from The Bronx and came from the city today to visit with us. But I needed to stand up to point out that when my very close friend, senator Serrano, got up to talk about his life in The Bronx, he forgot to mention this little detail. I knew his father, the congressman, long before I knew him because he was part of the great renewal of the Bronx and was so committed to the community where I started to work in 1983. And he was so helpful to me in my efforts when I started the New York City Food Bank back then and his commitment to social justice and his own people. And I have no question where this amazing man came from because he came from congressman Serrano, who I just wanted to make sure we talked about today. Thank you very much.

[Senator Gustavo Rivera]: Resolution. I just wanna rise to provide a little cover for senator Serrano. You talked about Batman that you launched into Stan Lee and Marvel. So I don't want a bunch of Batman fanboys calling your office saying you misinterpreted this. Indeed, Bob Kane and Bill Finger are both from the Bong Bronx, the co creators of Batman. I want to clarify that so you don't get a bunch of emails and phone calls.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Yeah. Good? To, Bronx Borough President Nessie Gibson and district attorney Clark, to all of our guests here today representing the Boogie Down Bronx, welcome you on behalf of the senate, and we extend to you the privileges and courtesies of the house. Please, all of you rise and be recognized. The resolution was adopted on March 5. Synergy and nurse.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: Mister president, before we move on, I want to, state clearly for the record that the, best superhero is Spider Man, who is in fact from Queens. He is from Queens. He could develop wherever he wants. He lived in Queens. All right, let's move on to more serious matters. Resolution seven eighteen by senator May. Please read that resolution's title and recognize senator May.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: I can tell you will read.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Resolution seventeen eighteen by senator May, recognizing Tuesday, 03/10/2026 is Harriet Tubman Day.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator, may I have the resolution?

[Senator Rachel May]: Thank you, mister president. After taking in all that Bronx pride, let me transport you 250 miles Northwest of The Bronx to the beautiful, if diminutive, city of Auburn, New York, which proudly calls itself history's hometown, in part because it was the chosen home of one of America's most courageous heroes, Harriet Tubman. Today is the anniversary of her death. She died in 1913 after a long and remarkable life. And it is fitting now during women's history month and just after black history month that we pause to remember the life of Harriet Tubman. Born into slavery in Maryland, she occupies a key place in black history for her incredible bravery and dedication to helping many, many men, women, and children escape slavery. As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, she risked her own life and freedom countless times bringing others northward. She once said, in all those years, she never ran her train off the track and never lost a passenger. Harriet Tubman also made women's history when she joined the union cause in the civil war as a nurse, cook, scout, and spy. And in 1863, she became the first American woman to lead an armed military raid at the Combahee River. The raid resulted in the liberation of over 700 enslaved people and dealt a serious blow to the confederate cause. Miss Tubman was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general in the army for her achievements in that war. Here in New York, her, Harriet Tubman made a quieter kind of history after she settled in Auburn. She chose that city because of her close friendship with several abolitionists and fighters for women's suffrage, notably Francis Seward and her husband William Seward. William Seward served in this body as the state senator from Auburn, then as governor of New York State and United States senator from New York State, and eventually as Lincoln's secretary of state. The Seward's provided miss Tubman a home in Auburn where she lived for the last five decades of her life, continuing her humanitarian activities. She was a pillar of the AME Zion Church in Auburn and worked with the church to found the Harriet Tubman Home for Elderly and Indigent African Americans. It became essentially a nursing home that she ended up living in at the end of her life. Harriet Tubman was well into her nineties when she died in 1913, and she's buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, a stone's throw from the AME Zion Church and not far from the Seward family plot. Auburn is still home to many of her descendants, and last year, the United States Park Service opened the Harriet Tubman National Historic Park in Auburn. On this Harriet Tubman Day, in this women's history month, I am grateful to the senate for recognizing the life and legacy of this extraordinary New Yorker. Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you, senator May Sam Webb on the resolution.

[Senator Lea Webb]: Thank you, mister president. I want to thank, senator May and also assembly member Meeks and the assembly for bringing this resolution forward today. And, of course, our senate majority leader, Andrea Stewart Cousins, for honoring the life, courage, and enduring legacy of Harriet Tubman. Harriet Tubman had so many esteemed titles and names. Most certainly, a few I'll just lift up, Araminta, Moses, Conductor, Feminist Icon, and so many more. And as senator May very eloquently described, she not only escaped bondage, but her story did not end with her own freedom. Instead, she made the brave and selfless decision to return to the South time and time again, guiding enslaved men and women and children along the underground railroad towards safety and liberty. Now she was a woman of small stature, but she was filled with mighty courage, vision, and commitment. She not only answered the call to lead, she was driven by an indomitable and divine spirit to make a difference. Harriet Tubman's courage and for change and her commitment to change has made an impact on many lives and strengthened the movement for freedom in this country. At a time when helping someone escape slavery could literally cost a person their life. And when you think about laws at that time, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed which was let law that literally allowed people to not only be captured but put back into slavery. She risked all of these things because of this assignment that she was given. Her leadership resilience and faith inspired countless people to resist injustice and believe in the possibility of a better future. She not only led enslaved black people towards freedom, she defied the odds and enshrined the fight for human dignity and rights into our collective story. Mister president, the underground railroad was, was made possible by a network of communities that believed in that same principle. One of those communities is in my district in the city of Binghamton, which I am very proud to represent and very proud to have been born and raised there. Binghamton served as a stop along the underground railroad where local residents quietly provided shelter and support to individuals seeking freedom. And today, that history is remembered through initiatives like the Binghamton Freedom Trail, which highlights important sites throughout the city connected to the underground railroad and the broader struggle for abolition and civil rights. One such site is Trinity AME Zion Church, a historic institution that played a role in that legacy of courage and community leadership. For the people of Binghamton and the Southern Tier, these sites stand as powerful reminders and calls to action for courage, compassion, and moral conviction that can not only help to move our community forward, but also move our nation closer towards the promise of liberty for all. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this resolution as we reflect on Harriet Tubman's legacy. May we continue to honor her example by remembering this history of liberation, of human dignity, and more, and carry it forward through our efforts here in this chamber to lift up those values of freedom, justice, and human dignity. Thank you, mister president.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you, senator Webb. The question is on the resolution. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed nay. The resolution is adopted. Senator Gionnaires.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: And now let's move on to resolution seventeen twenty three by majority leader Stuart Cousins. Read that resolution's title and recognize senator Gonzalez to speak on that resolution. Secretary

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: O'Ree.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Resolution seventeen twenty three by senator Sewell Cousins commemorating the sixty first anniversary of Bloody Sunday in the Selma To Montgomery March across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which served as a catalyst for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Gonzalez, the resolution.

[Senator Kristen Gonzalez]: Thank you, mister president. And thank you to the leader for bringing forward this resolution honoring the sixty first anniversary of Bloody Sunday. This anniversary is bittersweet as we mourn the loss of civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and celebrate the incredible work he and so many other activists did to defend our most fundamental rights. On 03/07/1965, 600 peaceful activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma. This is part of a series of civil rights protests against the systemic denial of black voter registration. Even though the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade discrimination in voting on the basis of race, efforts by civil rights organizations such as the Southern Christian Leadership Council and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to register black voters were met with resistance, violence, and intimidation in Southern states. The brutality these marchers faced on that bridge at the hands of 150 Alabama state troopers, sheriff's deputies, and white vigilante groups shocked the nation. Known later as Bloody Sunday, this action led to Selma led to the Selma to Montgomery march and later to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. This anniversary serves as a sobering reminder that, as Janae Nelson, president of the Legal Defense Fund put it, there has not been a moment in this democracy where we have not had to fight for our right to vote, where we have not faced hurdles in casting a vote. Mister president, there hasn't been a single moment since the passage of the Voting Rights Act that there hasn't been a concerted effort to undermine it. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned racist literacy tests as a requirement for voting. But today, we see states passing onerous voter ID requirements when studies show that nearly 29,000,000 voting age US citizens lacked a valid driver's license. Over 7,000,000 had no other form of non expired government issue photo identification. The Voting Rights Act reduced the disparity between black and white voters and allowed greater numbers of black voters to participate in local politics. But today, we're seeing polling places shut down in black and brown neighborhoods. In the past year alone, the federal government has taken actions to weaken voting rights for all Americans from threats to eliminate mail in voting to nationalizing the electoral process. The Supreme Court, after striking down huge portions of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, is once again hearing a case that could absolutely gut it. The fight for our right to vote, and by extension, the fight for our democracy, did not start at Selma, and it certainly has not ended since. Voting rights are the anchor for all of the other rights we fought for and won over the last sixty years. The marchers in Selma understood that. The generations of activists who followed them knew that. And here in New York, we understand we have a responsibility to defend each of the rights that we've won. Under the leadership of our majority leader, Andrea Stewart Cousins, we've passed the John R Lewis Voting Rights Act and some of the most robust election protections, including adding more early voting places and ballot drop off boxes. We've passed same day registration on the first day of early voting. We've moved to protect election officers and have encouraged voter education and transparency. These wins do not mean that we can stop fighting. They remind us that now more than ever, we must keep marching, we must keep organizing, we must keep resisting efforts to undermine the Voting Rights Act of 1965. They are proof that when we do, we have the ability to win. And as we commemorate Bloody Sunday, we are not only remembering the 600 people who marched in Selma, we are honoring a broader tradition of everyday people coming together to defend our most fundamental rights and stand up for the democracy that we all deserve the right to be a part of. So I wanna thank again the leader in this chamber, for this resolution, and of course, I proudly support it. Thank you. Thank

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: you. The question is on the resolution. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The resolution is adopted. Senator Generis.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: Mister president, the sponsors of today's resolutions would like to open them for cosponsorship.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Resolutions are open for cosponsorship. Should you choose not to be a cosponsor, please notify the desk. Senator Gionerois. Please take out the calendar.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Secretary will read. Calendar number January, senate print 2598 a by senator mayor. And that, to amend the general municipal law. Read your last section. Section eight, this action take effect one year at the Shabbat Kama law. Call the roll. Adabo, GNR Spooker, Ort, Swilcutt, and Zelner.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce the results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Relations to counter one seventy six, voting negative. Senator Walzwick, I 60 nays one. Bill passed. Counter number two zero six, center print forty six ninety two by senator Clare, enacted on the public health law. Viewer discretion. Section two of this action took effect immediately. Call to roll. Adabo, GNR's Kruger, Ort, Sukad, and Zelda.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Clare to explain the vote.

[Senator Cordell Cleare]: Thank you, mister president. Period poverty is a real condition. The cost of menstrual products can be astronomical, especially to those who have lower incomes such as college students. In reality, the purpose of these products is simple, to provide essential health options to deal with a naturally occurring bodily process. No one should have to budget for this or go without just to afford period products? Would we make people bear the burden and cost of toilet paper, hand soap and paper towels? The bill before us continues a movement that was started almost ten years ago and that is to make sure that menstrual products are provided free of charge in the restrooms of all educational institutions. This bill is needed because a recent survey in a recent survey, forty eight percent of students said they have struggled to access menstrual products due to costs or other barriers. The study also found that nearly one in five, nineteen percent female college students reported that they felt forced to decide between buying period products and for paying for other expenses such as food and other bills. We can do better than that and we will. In my office, we are holding a trio of events this March concerning period poverty, including outreach to schools, a product collection drive, and a day of action. I thank my colleagues for both voting for this bill and for all that we have done individually and collectively to alleviate, period, poverty. Period. Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Clay will be recorded in the affirmative. Announce the results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Relationship count of two zero six voting in negative r. Senators Barello, Gallivan, Martins, Walzwick, White, ayes 56

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: and ayes five. Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 275, senate print 4478 by senator mayor. An act too many executive law. Read the last section. Section three, this action shall take effect on one hundred and eightieth day if the job come along. Call to roll. Adabo, GNR's Kruger, or Sukadan Zom.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to counter two seventy five, vote in a negative are senators Grisport Grifold, Oberwacker in White, ayes fifty seven days four. Bills passed. Calendar number 03/10, center print 06/27 by senator Stavitsky. An act to amend the education law. Read the last section. Section three, this act should take effect immediately. Call the roll. Adabo, Junarz, Kukar, Ort, Sukad, and Zama. Announce the results.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Aye, 61. Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number March, set in print five '16 a by senator Passau, enactment of the vehicle in traffic law.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Read the last section.

[Senator Luis R. Sepúlveda]: That's made for the latest.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Oh, latest sign

[Senator Jamaal T. Bailey]: for the day.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: For the day.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number March, center print thirty two forty nine by senator Cooney, an act to amend the vehicle of traffic law. Read your last section. Section two of this action to defect immediately. Order roll. Adabo, G and R's Kruger, Ortzl, Kevin Zelman.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: House of results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: I '61. Bills passed. Calendar number March, set up in 2491, Marcello Granada's enactment in the criminal procedure law. Read the last section. Section three, this act shall take effect on the one hundred and eightieth day if it shall become a law. Call to roll. Adabo, GNR Skruger, Ort, Sukad, and Zelman. In relation to calendar March voting in a negative are senators Barrella, Chan, Gallivan, Grifo, Helman, Lanza, Lattera, Murray, Obrak, O'Mara, Ort, Rhodes, Steck, Walzig, and White. Eyes, 46 and age, 15.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number three 70 '1, center print 20 02/30/1968 by senator Gernardez, enactment of labor law. Read the last section. Section five, this action took effect immediately. Call to roll. Adabo, GNR Spooker, Ort, Zuka, and Zelner.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to calendar March, vote in the negative center walls of aye 60 nays one. Bills passed. Calendar number March, center print 2278 a by senator Webb, an act from the public health law. Read the last section. Section two, this act of the effect on the one hundred and eightieth day, Abhishabah Kamalu. On the road. Adabo, GNR Spooker or Sukad Nzal.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Webb to expand her vote.

[Senator Lea Webb]: Thank you, mister president. I want to, lift up this legislation because it does several things. One, it affirms something we all know to be very true, and that is nurses are the backbone of our health care system, and quite frankly, their voices deserve to heard at every table where critical decisions are made, especially at the highest levels. What this bill does is that it requires the governing bodies of hospitals to include at least one registered professional nurse from the community as a sitting and voting member. This is a common sense step and nurses, as we know, bring such essential expertise, whether it's to the boardroom, they help shape policies, strengthen hospital reputation, and guide care in ways that directly benefit us, their patients. The nursing profession is incredibly diverse encompasses individuals committed to serving patients, families, and our communities. Nurses work on the front lines of care and bring a wide range of skills and strategic thinking, problem solving, communication, and leadership that go far beyond the bedside. These competencies not only improve patient outcomes, but also enhance the overall effectiveness and resilience of our hospitals. Mister president, our state thrives when decisions are informed by those with the firsthand experience on the front lines of care, including nurses on hospital boards is not just simply sound policy, it is essential for stronger hospitals and better health care for everyone. I proudly vote I and I encourage my colleagues to do the same. Thank you.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Webb will be recorded in the affirmative. Now the results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to calendar three ninety voted in the negative are senators Ashley Barrella, Kansai Fitzpatrick, Gallivan, Grifold, Martin, Matera, Murray, O'Brack, O'Mara, Ort, Rhoads, Steck, Wallsigan White. Pardon me, Walsingham, Weber. Excuse me. Eyes, 46, names, 15.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number March, center print 2400 by senator Fassar, enactment of public health law. Read the last section. Section two is action of the confederate ninety day of shall become a law. Call to roll. Adabo, GNR, Krueger, or Zoukat, and Zelner.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Senator Merge, explains vote.

[Senator Dean Murray]: Thank you, mister president. First, let me start by by sincerely thanking my colleague, senator Prasad, for working on this, together, and also to a member of her staff who really played a big role in putting this together. We sat and talked for quite some time sharing our stories, and that is, Michelle Edwin Alvarez who really, was instrumental in in in doing this. I I've told this story, so I'll give kind of the Reader's Digest version of this. The importance of this cannot be understated. And I say that because fifteen years ago, I was much more active than I am now. I was playing softball on Sunday mornings and rounding third base blew out my knee one morning. And I had just gotten elected to the assembly at the time. Blew out the knee. I mean, bad. Surgery was required. So I come up here, and I actually used a doctor up here in Albany that that was also working for the New York Giants. So I thought, okay. This guy knows what he's doing. Had the surgery, and after the surgery, it was right around Memorial Day. We went home. I wasn't marching in parades, but was was going to different parades. And I remember we pulled right up to the stage after one parade. I get out of the car, literally just walked up to the steps of and over to the microphone to say a few words, and I was completely out of breath. I was having chest pains, wasn't sure what was going on. How could that have anything to do with the knee surgery? Right? So I didn't know what was happening. Felt a little bit better on the drive back to Albany after that weekend talking to my chief of staff and he said, you know, we really need to get that checked out. Okay? So we get up to Albany and I call the doctor that did the surgery and he says, yeah, we can see you either right now or next Thursday. Right now, one. So we jumped in the car, we go see him. He examines me a little bit and then says, I think I need to send you over to get, something else done, maybe an ultrasound. So we go over there and do that. And each time, I was noticing the doctors and everyone was growing in urgency. But I didn't know why. I didn't I didn't understand it. Well, they finally end up sending me to the emergency room. They said, you have to go there now. So we're driving over and I call over and said, are we going into session? I don't wanna miss any votes. Maybe I could come back, do the votes, and then go to the hospital. I said, are you crazy? We're going to the hospital. Well, luckily, they were smarter than I was. We went straight to the hospital, and at that point, everyone scrambling and running. And I'm starting to get really nervous now. What's going on? Well, they were scrambling and running because I had blood clots. I then had a pulmonary embolism. I didn't know what that was. I had no idea. And I didn't realize that about forty percent of the people that have that end up dying. So that's why everyone was scrambling. So today, I I said, I wonder just how bad I mean, today, after going through all this, I wonder how bad that is. I looked it up and I said, how many people in The United States die of a pulmonary embolism each year? Well, come to find out, it says that it's the leading cause of cardiovascular mortality often behind only heart attacks and strokes. Anywhere from one hundred thousand to two hundred thousand people a year die from a pulmonary embolism. Those who don't know what that is, that's throwing a blood clot basically. You've got a clot in one area and it goes up and it can go to your heart and kill you. Mine luckily got caught in my lung, so it never made it. The doc said the next stop was mortality. The next stop, you would not have lived. So luckily, it got caught in my lung. So I ended up in the hospital for a few days. But the point of this long extended story sorry. I promised it would be short. But the story of this long extended story is I didn't know any of this. They say ignorance is bliss. I I guess I was a little happy because I didn't know how serious this was. It is very, very serious. Says many of these deaths occur rapidly or before a formal diagnosis can be made as it is a common, often preventable complication in hospitalized patients. I didn't know after surgery, you're supposed to get up and move around. Circulate the blood. Do that. I didn't know this. That's why I formed a clot. To this day, I still have and am forming blood clots. We never figured out why. I went through dozens and dozens of tests all over the place. We couldn't figure out why. Many people, it's hereditary or genetic. Others, it can be after surgery or a complication or something. We never figured out why with me. So I kept forming them, and we had to do emergency surgery and put a filter in just in case another one gets thrown. So to this day, I'm still learning more and more about it. So putting this working group together, the information that could be gathered from that is imperative. This is a bill that I'm proud to say could literally save lives. So again, senator Prasad, I say thank you To your staffer, Michelle, I say thank you. God bless you, and I'm thrilled to vote yes, mister president.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you, senator Mary. Senator Mary will be recorded, in the affirmative. Senator Kansaneri Fitzpatrick.

[Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick]: Mister president, I too wanna rise and thank senator Prasad and senator Murray for your advocacy on this issue. Just recently, my 21 year old daughter Elizabeth, who gave me permission to speak about her today, by the way, is a senior down at the University of Virginia, had to have emergency surgery. And the day about five days after surgery, her arm turned blue. She couldn't breathe. Thank god for her roommates. They brought her to the hospital, and she has blood clots. One that's cutting off the circulation to her arm, and it's close to her heart. Multiple blood clots in both of her lungs, and it's something I knew nothing about. A kid that could run an eight minute mile just the week before could now walk from here to there and was out of breath. She couldn't travel home for her grandfather's funeral because she's not permitted to travel. And dare say that this is something that will likely affect her for the rest of her life. The doctors have said if she wants to have children, she will likely have to be on blood thinners during her whole pregnancy. And the surgery that she had was for an ovarian torsion. So her motherhood is clearly in jeopardy now, which is really scary. But I just want to thank you for bringing this to the floor. I look forward to hearing what this working group has to say because the doctors don't understand why this happens, how to treat it, how to detect it, and it's a very scary thing for a young woman to go through this and certainly as her mom, it's very scary. So thank you both for bringing this to the floor. I proudly vote aye. Thank you, mister president.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Thank you. Senator Kansanari Fitzpatrick will be recorded in the affirmative. Announce the results. Aye 61. Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 04/13, set up at 3078 by senator Comrie, enact to amend the general business law. Read the last section. Section two, this act should affect immediately. Order roll. Adabo, GNR Skruger, Ortz, or cousin Zelna.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Relations count of four thirteen voting in negative, Senator Chan and Walzwick. Ayes, 59, ayes, two.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Childhood number 437, the assembly number 4382 a by assembly member Parliament, an act to amend the education law. Read the last section. Section two, this acts with the effective meeting.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce the results. I'm sorry. Call the roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, GNR, Spruger, or Sukadan Zelner.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Announce results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to count of four thirty seven, vote in a negative r, senators Morello, Chang, Oberackel, O'Mara, Ort, and White. Ayes 55 and a six.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Bills passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number April, senate print three seventy four by senator Gennaris. And that to amend the pardon me, the legislative law. Read the last section. Section seven is action to expect immediately.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Called a roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, Gennaro Spooker or Sukadens Zoner. Now the results. In relation to counter four forty nine voting in negative are senators Ashby, Barello, Kissai, Fitzpatrick, Chan, Gallivan, Griffith, Helming, Matera, Murray, Obrakow, Merah, Ort, Palumbo, Rhodes, Steck, Todisco, Walzik, Weberton White, eyes 42, names 19.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Bills passed. Senator Generis, that completes the reading of today's calendar.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: Any further business at the desk?

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: There is no further business at the desk.

[Senator Michael Gianaris]: In that case, I move to adjourn until tomorrow, Wednesday, March 11 at 3PM.

[Presiding Officer (Acting President of the Senate)]: Motion. The senate stands adjourned till Wednesday, March 11 at 3PM.