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[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: The senate will come to order. I ask everyone to please rise and recite the pledge of allegiance.

[Senator Steven Rhoads]: I pledge allegiance to the 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.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: 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 Friday, 04/10/2026, the senate met pursuant to adjournment. Journal Thursday, 04/09/2026 is read and approved. On motion, the senate adjourned.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Without objection, the journal stands approved as read. Presentation of petitions, messages from the assembly, messages from the governor, reports of standing committees, reports of select committees, communications and reports from state officers, motions and resolutions. Senator Gianneris.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Good afternoon, mister president. We're gonna begin today by taking up the reading of the calendar. Secretary shall read.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number March, senate prince 6121, my senator mayor enact to amend the executive law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this action will take effect immediately.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, Gionars Kruger Hort, Stuart Cuddens, Zoner.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to calendar three seventy, voting in a negative r, senators Ashby, Helmy, Oberrecker, Ort, Steck. Also, senator Walzik. Ayes, 44. Nay, six.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: The bill has passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number five fifty four, senate print 2071 a by senator Scarcella Spann, enactment of labor law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this action to defect immediately. Call the roll. Adabo, Junar, Scruger, or Stuart Cuddings, Zelner.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Announce the results. Ayes, 50. The bill is passed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Convoy number 574, senate print twenty one seventeen by senator Fey, enactment of real property action and proceedings law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two of this action could affect on the sixteenth day. It shall become a law.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Call the roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, g n r s Cooper, or Swill Cuddings, Zealand.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to count of five seventy four, vote in the negative are senators Ashby, Chan, Grifle, Helming, Lanza, Murray, O'Brien, Romero, Ort, Palumbo, Rhodes, Rawls, and Steck, Todisco, Walzwick, Webb, and White. I have 34 and a 17.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 597, senate print 2666 a by senator Salazar, not to amend the correction law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this act shall be perfect immediately. Call the wall. Adabo, GNR, Scruger, Ort, Sukhan, Zelman.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to counter five ninety seven, vote in a negative. Alright. Senators Chan, Griffo, Ort, Rhodes, Steck, Todisco, Walzer, Webb and White. Ayes, 42, and lays nine.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar Calendar number May, center print twenty seven zero seven, my senator May. An act from the public housing law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this action took effect on a January date shall become a law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, Gennaro, Ort, Sukad, and Zellner.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Ayes, 52.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 600, senate record 4534 by senate Skoofus and that to amend the executive law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section five is action to defect immediately. Alder Raul. Adabo. JNR, Struger, Hort, Sukad and Zoner.

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

[Senator Steven Rhoads]: Thank you, mister president. Again, we have the latest example of overreach on the part of the state trying to interfere with local control. And I noticed this seems to be a pattern, whether we're talking about Albany dictating when local elections are going to be held or whether we're talking about how we are going to enforce local codes, it seems as though the party of no kings wants to operate as a king and wants to dictate what how local municipalities handle their local affairs. This bill raises serious constitutional concerns under article nine of the New York State constitution and municipal home rule law because it allows a secretary run code enforcement program to supersede an existing locally established municipal code enforcement program, even allowing code enforcement officers from a different jurisdiction to come in to enforce codes that they're unfamiliar with and do not understand the local process and local decision making behind them. This is, the latest in a series of bad bills. It's the latest in a series of bad bills that tries to allow the state, to take over local law enforcement, to take over local court code enforcement, and take over local decision making. And I will be voting no and encourage my colleagues to do the same.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Senator Rhoads, who recorded in the negative, announce the results.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: In relation to counter 600 voted in the negative are senators Ashby, Chan, Griffith, Ellman, Murray, Oberac, O'Mara, Ort, Palumbo, Rhoads, Rollins, and Steck. To disco, Walton, Weber, and White. Ayes, thirty six and eight sixteen.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 610, senate print 1694 a by senator Scouffer, an act on the penal law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this act was effective November 1.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Dabo, Gianaris, Krueger, Ort, Sukugans, Zellner.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Aye, 52.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 611, senate print 2494 by senator Gnard as an enactment of civil rights law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section three, this action would expect immediately.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Call the roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, Gennaro Spruger, Ort, Sukhan, Zauner.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Ayes, 52.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Convul number 677, set up under 1197 by Senator Adabo, an act from the social services law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two, this act shall defect immediately.

[Senator Steven Rhoads]: Call the roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo. General Azkruger, Ort, Zuka, and Zona.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Ayes, 52.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number 680, senate print 5538 by senator Baskin, enactment of the public health law.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section two. This action expected immediately.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Call the roll.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo. Jernar Spuger. Ort, Sukhan, Zona.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Ayes, 52.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Senator Gionnair, second, please, the reading of the calendar.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: If I could return for a moment to motions, mister president, amendments offered to the following third reading calendar bills by senator May, calendar one eighty four, senator Mayor, calendar two seventy five, and senator Harkam, calendar four twenty five.

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

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: At this time, we're calling immediate meeting of the rules committee in Room 332. There will

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: be an immediate meeting of the rules committee in Room 332.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Senate will stand at ease.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Senate will stand at ease. Senate will return to order. Senator Gionnaires.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: There's a

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: report of the rules committee at the desk. Can we take that up, please?

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Senator Stewart Cousins from the committee on rules and reports the following bill, senate print ninety eight eighty three by senator Janaris, and that make an appropriation for the support of government. The report is directed to the reading.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Move to accept the report of the rules committee.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: All those in favor of accepting the report of the rules committee, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The report of the rules committee is accepted. Senator Gionaris. Please take up the supplemental calendar. Secretary Will Reed.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number June, senate print ninety eight eighty three by senator Gianaris enact making appropriations appropriations, pardon me, for the support of government.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Is there a message of necessity and appropriation at the desk?

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: There is a message of necessity and appropriation at the desk.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Move to accept the message.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: All those in favor of accepting the message, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed nay. The message is accepted and the bill is before the House.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Lay it aside.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Bill be laid aside. Senator Generis, that's end of the supplemental calendar. Let's move on to the controversial calendar. Secretary will ring the bell. Secretary will ring read.

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Calendar number six ninety five, senate print ninety eight eighty three by senator Generis enact making appropriations for the support of government.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Senator O'Meara, why do you rise?

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Thank you, mister president. I was just wondering whether the, sponsor of this would yield for a few questions on this budget extender.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: The sponsor yield? Yes. I do. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Thank you, senator. I guess last week at this time, we didn't know why you were filling in for, our good friend, senator Liz Krueger. Today, we do. And I first and foremost wanna wish her knowing Liz, she's probably watching this right now. But our well wishes from myself and the entire conference that a speedy recovery get back here soon. So I don't have to continue debating senator Generis on these bills. Know, it's not quite as forthcoming with, information for us, but, thank you, senator. We're on our this is our third, budget extender of this session. We're now at April 12, twelve days late, I believe thirteenth now. Thirteenth now. Thirteen days late on this, two days away from, tax day when everybody has to have their tax payments in on time. Yeah. We don't have our budget done on time. This extender, how, how much is being, extended in spending, and what period of time?

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: First of all, let me publicly share our concern for our colleague. It's great to see a moment of bipartisanship when colleagues' health is in question. So we appreciate that, Senator O'Meara. I would also encourage you to stop asking me yes no questions if you want more involved answers. This this extender adds an additional 3,400,000,000.0 to what we've already passed, so the cumulative total is now 7,400,000,000.0.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: For you, mister president, the central community yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Okay. To to not ask you a yes or no question, can you tell us what the 3,400,000,000.0 is being, allocated to?

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: And, it is predominantly, Medicaid spending, about $4,500,000,000 of that $7,400,000,000 is Medicaid and then various other services to pay public salaries and the like.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Through you, Mr. President, the senator will continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Now by, by my calculation, we now, between these three budget extenders, we're about 7 and a half billion dollars into the next fiscal year at this point? Correct. Through you, mister president, the senator will continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: And this gets us till Thursday. So presumably, we'll be back on Thursday for another extender, because I I assume, at least I haven't heard anything about any of the remaining nine budget bills being ready for us to vote on.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: That's correct.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Through you, mister president, the senator will continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Senator, can you tell us what the holdup is? What issues are precluding a final agreement on these remaining nine budget bills?

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Well, as I mentioned last week, they are the ones that have been publicly, discussed. They tend to be bills that don't have direct correlation to the budget itself in terms of dollars and cents, which is frustrating for many of us. And the fact that it takes three parties to agree and the person who has proposed the budget seems less than willing to appreciate that.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Thank you. Through you, mister president, the senator will continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Have the majority's been presented with, any specific language yet regarding the, changes to the CLCPA that the governor's been seeking?

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: No. Well, let me let me amend that. There is language that gets floated back and forth, but nothing in this in terms of, an actual bill, a full bill.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Through you, mister president, senator, continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Can you tell us what what those, what those point main points are of that, that the holdup is is, revolving around? No. Do you, mister president, the center will continue to yield?

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Yes. Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: Are there any, table targets yet for, the various conference budget committees? No. Through you, mister president, the senator will continue to yield.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Sponsor yield? Sponsor yields.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: We have a schedule for when, the joint budget conference committees are gonna meet.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: No. It seems that the strategy the governor is, undertaking involves, agreement on the non budgetary issues before we discuss the budget. So no. Thank you, senator. On the bill.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Senator O'Meara, on the bill.

[Senator Thomas F. O'Mara]: You know, here we are, again, a week, a week post, last week's extender, now extending us for only only four days at this point. You know, it's it's just it's Groundhog Day all over again except now we we get to do it twice this week. And really no progress, being seen, none that's been conveyed, by the majorities here. And there's been nothing, really reported, in the media, of any type, of what the standstill is all about and what we're trying to get agreements on as well. I think as I've stated in prior extenders, New Yorkers deserve to know what's being haggled over and why so that they maybe can provide some input on what's being discussed. Because we're undoubtedly, as years pass, probably gonna get stuck with budget bills, nine of them left with messages of necessity like we're getting these extenders on. And there's there's really no reason we couldn't have had a message of necessity for this extender today because we could have been prepared and had that notice, for three days for us to be able to review the actual bill rather than getting it, about this time yesterday. So, you know, we deserve, to do better for the constituents, the citizens of New York State, in an open and transparent process, about what this soon to be probably close to $270,000,000,000 budget comes in at, and what the details of that are, with major, major concerns over the rising cost of utilities in this state, the impacts of the CLCPA on those costs, concerns of rising, insurance rates, which is another one of the major issues holding up the budget discussions, and causing exacerbation of the affordability crisis we have here in New York State. And it it is, it's not good government, for us to be doing this all behind closed doors. Nothing, to share with the public who sends us here to represent them, yet, we get no information whatsoever on what's going on. So, it's very concerning, with this and and what's going on. So thank you, mister president.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: Are there any other senators wishing to be heard, seeing, hearing none? Debate is closed. Secretary will ring the bell. Senator Gionnaires?

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Mister president, we've agreed to restore this bill to the noncontroversial calendar.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Section 17 is asked to expect immediately.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Adabo, junior honors Krueger, or Zuldkut and Zoner.

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

[Secretary of the Senate (Clerk)]: Ayes, 52.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: The bell is passed. Senator Gianaris, that completes the reading of the supplemental calendar.

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Is there any further business at the desk?

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

[Senator Michael Gianaris (Deputy Majority Leader)]: Move to adjourn until Wednesday, April 15 at 3PM with the intervening days being legislative days.

[Acting President of the Senate (Presiding Officer)]: On motion, the Senate stands adjourned until Wednesday, April 15 at 3PM with the intervening days being legislative days.