Jun 25, 2026 Legislative Session

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OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[ ROLL CALL]

MEETING NUMBER 12 OF THE ERIE COUNTY LEGISLATURE.

CLERK, PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL. LEGISLATOR GREENE.

HERE. LORIGO. HERE. MILLS. HERE. LEGISLATOR TODARO NOT PRESENT.

LEGISLATOR BARGNESI. HERE. DUPRE. PRESENT. GILMOUR.

HERE. KOOSHOIAN. HERE. MEYERS. HERE. LEGISLATOR SAINT JEAN TARD NOT PRESENT.

LEGISLATOR VINAL. HERE. QUORUM PRESENT. OKAY.

THANK YOU CLERK. PLEASE RISE. INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY THE MINORITY LEADER.

OKAY. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY LEGISLATOR VINAL. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I WILL NOW OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, THE FIRST SESSION OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS PLEASE KEEP THEIR

[ PUBLIC COMMENT]

PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL SPEAKERS KEEP THEIR REMARKS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

THE CLERK WILL RING THE BELL WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE START THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TODD MARIACHI.

THIS MORNING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME CONCERNS BEFORE THE VOTING ON THE SURVEILLANCE PRICING RESOLUTION, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THOSE. WHILE NO LAW IS PERFECT, I THINK THE ONE FAIR PRICE ACT IS A VERY GOOD STATE LAW THAT SHOULD HAVE FULL SUPPORT OF THIS BODY. I THINK TOO, OFTENTIMES, WHETHER IT'S THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OR ELSEWHERE OUR ELECTED LEADERS TEND TO VOTE ALONG PARTY LINES AND SOMETIMES THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES, HOWEVER, BECAUSE FOR ME, THIS IS NOT A RIGHT VERSUS LEFT ISSUE.

THIS IS A RIGHT VERSUS WRONG ISSUE. AND WHILE SURVEILLANCE PRICING CAN TRACK MANY THINGS ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL, IT CANNOT TRACK HOW ONE VOTES. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY CARE IF YOU LEAN RED OR BLUE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PARTY AFFILIATION.

ALL IT CARES ABOUT IS MAXIMIZING PROFITS. AND AFTER TUESDAY'S PRIMARIES, MICHAEL KRACKER, WHO IS HEAD OF THE ERIE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY, WAS QUOTED BY THE BUFFALO NEWS SAYING THAT HIS PARTY IS FOCUSED ON MAKING NEW YORK MORE AFFORDABLE, CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND RESTORING COMMON SENSE TO GOVERNMENT.

AND I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS RESOLUTION DOES ALL THOSE THINGS.

AND I THINK PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WOULD AGREE THAT NEW YORK DOES NEED TO BE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ITS CITIZENS.

AND THIS RESOLUTION, AND BY EXTENSION, THE ONE FAIR PRICE ACT, WOULD DO JUST THAT.

SO WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE TODAY, I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS, TODD. OKAY.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHANE SEYMOUR.

THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR A DECEMBER BUDGET.

AND THIS WILL BE WITH REGARDS PRIMARILY BUDGETARY CONCERNS IN DEPARTMENT WITH RECREATIONAL AMUSEMENTS. AND FOR ANY MINOR AGENDAS, THERE IS EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIND. THIS FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED FOR EARLY ENROLLMENT WITH RESPECT TO THOSE DEPARTMENTAL CONCERNS AND UNIVERSALLY WITH ANY AGENDAS, WHETHER AGAIN, PRIMARY BUDGET OR MINOR. THAT WOULD BE FOR

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SO EVEN THOUGH PRIMARILY, AGAIN, THAT'S RECREATIONAL AMUSEMENTS, THOUGH WITH OPTIONS FOR EXTRA TERRESTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. HOPEFULLY FOR DECEMBER THE SEE, THE THING THAT REALLY HAS SORT OF CHANGED A LITTLE BIT OF MY PROSPECTS IS WITH REGARDS TO ANY HOUSING COMPONENT.

SO WHETHER OR NOT I CONTINUE ON WITH THE REGISTRATION I DO INTEND TO STAY ENROLLED.

SO THOUGH THAT'S JUST WITH WITH REGARDS TO THE SCOPE OF MY OWN PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT.

SO BUT IT WILL NOT IT WILL NOT END REGARDLESS.

AND THAT WILL BE GOING IN FOR DECEMBER, WHETHER JUST WHETHER IN BETWEEN SEMESTERS, LIKE HOW HOW I CAN WORK OUT MY YOU KNOW MY BUSINESS PLANS AS WELL AS MY DOCTORAL RESEARCH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? LAST CALL FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

CONTINUING ON WITH OUR AGENDA TABLED ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE.

ITEMS FOR RECONSIDERATION. THERE ARE NONE. MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

[ MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING]

THERE ARE NONE AT THIS TIME. MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ON PAGE ONE AND CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE.

[ MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS:]

WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR VINAL. ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED. 9 TO 0. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.

MAJORITY LEADER. MOVE TO AMEND TO INCLUDE ALL SPONSORSHIP.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE MAJORITY LEADER TO INCLUDE AT ALL.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

MAJORITY LEADER. MOVE TO APPROVE AS AMENDED. SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, AS AMENDED, BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. THANK YOU. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

THE MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED AS AMENDED.

LOCAL LAWS. LOCAL LAW INTRO 4-1 AS INDICATED.

[ LOCAL LAWS:]

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS:]

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

REPORT NUMBER NINE FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATOR DUPRE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. MOVE TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND APPROVE THE BALANCE.

NO. THE FIRST ONE. OH. OH, MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE. SECOND, BY THE MAJORITY LEADER ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

REPORT NUMBER. WHERE ARE WE NOW OLIVIA? TEN, ENERGY ENVIRONMENT.

OKAY. REPORT NUMBER TEN FROM THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE. LEGISLATOR BARGNESI. MOVE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.

APPROVAL BY LEGISLATOR BARGNESI A SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER.

ON THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0.

THE REPORT IS APPROVED. REPORT NUMBER NINE FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE.

LEGISLATOR DUPRE. THANK YOU, CHAIR. MOVE TO SEPARATE ITEM NUMBER THREE AND APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT. SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE.

SECOND, BY THE MAJORITY LEADER ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. OKAY. THE BALANCE OF THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

LEGISLATOR DUPRE. MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

OKAY. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE.

SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE WANT A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER THREE FROM THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT.

LEGISLATOR GREENE. NO. LORIGO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

WE HEARD THAT THIS IS MONEY THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING WE REALLY HAVE NO PLAN FOR.

AND I JUST, I DON'T THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO APPROVE IT.

I UNDERSTAND IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS WITH THE STATE, BUT ACCEPTING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR BILLBOARDS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

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THANK YOU. LEGISLATOR MILLS.

LEGISLATOR BARGNESI. YES. DUPRE. I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN MY VOTE.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE NEED TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY, IT'S AN ALL HANDS ON APPROACH WHERE WE CAN'T JUST GO WITH ONE THING.

I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT.

SO I'M A YES. THANK YOU. LEGISLATOR GILMOUR. YES.

KOOSHOIAN. YES. MEYERS. YES. LEGISLATOR SAINT JEAN TARD NOT PRESENT.

LEGISLATOR VINAL. YES. THE VOTE IS 6 TO 3. OKAY.

THANK YOU. REPORT NUMBER EIGHT FROM THE FINANCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, LEGISLATOR KOOSHOIAN.

MOVE FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

SECOND, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION.

APPROVAL BY LEGISLATOR KOOSHOIAN A SECOND BY THE MAJORITY LEADER ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. THE REPORT IS APPROVED.

LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTIONS. INTRO 12-1 FROM LEGISLATOR DUPRE AND LEGISLATOR SAINT JEAN TARD.

[ LEGISLATOR RESOLUTIONS:]

SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? 9 TO 0. THE MOTION CARRIES.

A REPORT IS APPROVED. INTRO 12-2 FROM LEGISLATOR VINAL.

MAJORITY LEADER. MOVE FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL. SECOND.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION. APPROVAL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED 9 TO 0. THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED.

COMMUNICATIONS DISCHARGE FROM COMMITTEE. THERE ARE NONE.

SUSPENSIONS OF THE RULES. MAJORITY LEADER, I HAVE TWO SUSPENSIONS TODAY.

[ SUSPENSION OF THE RULES:]

MADAM CLERK COMMUNICATION 12E-21. THIS ITEM WILL BE RECEIVED, FILED AND PRINTED.

MAJORITY LEADER. THE SECOND ONE IS FROM CHAIR MEYERS, THE 2026 MID-YEAR BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULE AND DATA REQUEST.

MADAM CLERK COMMUNICATION 12E-22. THANK YOU. THE ITEM WILL BE SENT TO THE FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE.

COMMUNICATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS. COMMUNICATION 12E-1 THROUGH AND INCLUDING 12E-19 AS INDICATED.

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS:]

SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION APPROVAL BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. SECOND, BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED 9 TO 0. THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE ITEM IS APPROVED. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNICATION 12D-1.

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS:]

[ COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PEOPLE AND OTHER AGENCIES:]

I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR THE SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

[ PUBLIC COMMENT:]

AGAIN, KEEP IN MIND ALL SPEAKERS ARE TO KEEP THEIR REMARKS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.

THE CLERK WILL RING THE BELL WHEN THERE ARE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

OKAY. SECOND LAST CALL. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? LAST CALL? OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE. I'M SORRY. YES, SIR.

HAVE HIM SIGN, PLEASE.

THIS IS WITH REGARDS TO SOMETHING I HAVE NOT SEEN SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED ON AGENDA.

THOUGH I'M SURE IN SOME GENERALITY, THOUGH, IT'S RELEVANT.

THERE IS THE BUILDING FUND FOR A LOCATION ON GENESEE STREET THE 596 BLOCK WHICH ALSO THOUGH HAS ADJACENT TO WITH THE 586 NUMBER SERIES OF, ROOMS, AND SO WELL, THOUGH I'D COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT OUGHT TO BE KEPT IN MIND IS WHAT THERE WOULD BE, PERHAPS UNDERGROUND AROUND THE SURROUNDING AREA FOR THE ENTIRE BLOCK, IF WHETHER THEY'D EVER HAD THEIR BOILER ROOM, AND IF THEY'D HAD THAT CONNECTED BETWEEN THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS ON THAT SAME PROPERTY AS ADJACENT AS THEY ARE THERE'S NOT ROOM ENOUGH FOR AN ALLEY, BUT IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT PERHAPS PART OF THE CONCERN IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD HAVE, IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY FOR EVACUATION, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY AS COMPARED TO MAXIMUM CAPACITY ACCESS TO BOTH BUILDINGS EXITS. THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF EXITS, WHETHER TO THE FRONT OR TO THE REAR FOR EACH OF THE BUILDINGS.

BUT I THINK WITH THE PROXIMITY THAT IN RECONSTRUCTION OR ANY KIND OF RENOVATIONS THAT WOULD PERHAPS BE POSSIBLE AND PERHAPS APPROPRIATE

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I THINK IN THESE MODERN DAYS, WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IS AN ENTIRE CITY BLOCK AS IT MIGHT BE FOR THE HEATING AND COOLING CENTRAL AIR SYSTEM, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE CARRIER DOME HAD BROUGHT TO SYRACUSE FOR THE UNDERGROUND OUTLAY IN PROSPECTUS THAT THEY'D OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS STRUCTURES ABOVE GROUND, THAT THEY DO HAVE THE CAPABILITIES FOR WHAT WOULD BE OTHERWISE AN ENCLOSURE IF NOT AS LARGE AS PERHAPS A DOME. WELL, AT LEAST A SORT OF AN ARENA.

AND, SO MUCH THAT IT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU'D COMPARE TO SOMETHING WITH YOU KNOW, A SMALLER ICE SKATING RINK THAT THERE WOULD BE THE EXPECTATION FOR THE WEATHER AND CLIMATE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF EFFECT AND THAT THEY COULD MAINTAIN THAT, THOUGH INTERNALLY, INDOORS AND WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS WITH THE CHANGES IN CLIMATE THAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE IN, WELL, IN WESTERN NEW YORK.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE I'M SORRY.

MINORITY LEADER, MR. CHAIRMAN I FEEL LIKE WE MISSED 12-1.

12-1. HOWEVER, THAT CAME ABOUT WHEN WE WERE RUNNING THROUGH THE AGENDA.

WE MISSED IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO PUT IT ON A RECONSIDERATION IT TAKES ME TO VOTE ON IT OR VOTE ON IT.

THIS MEETING, WE VOTE ON IT. THE I BELIEVE THERE WAS CONFUSION JUST ON WHAT I THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SAID, AND I WOULD I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T HAVE THE PERFECT MEMORY, BUT I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A REPORT.

SO THERE WAS CONFUSION. IF IT WAS A MOTION OF A REPORT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HEARD REPORT APPROVED.

SURE. YEAH. OKAY. LEGISLATOR RESOLUTIONS. I CAN JUST REDO THIS VOTE.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 12-1.

OKAY, OKAY. MOTION TO RECONSIDER ITEM 12-1. SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONSIDER 12-1 BY. RECONSIDER.

RECONSIDER 12-1 BY THE MAJORITY LEADER. WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL ON THE QUESTION.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? ROLL CALL VOTE. THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER FIRST.

OH, OKAY. OKAY. MOTION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECONSIDERATION OF 12-1.

YEP. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 12-1.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY LEGISLATOR VINAL. ROLL CALL VOTE.

THIS IS ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE INTRO 12-1. LEGISLATOR GREENE.

YES. EXPLAIN MY VOTE. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST.

BUT EVEN WELL INTENDED RESOLUTIONS AS THIS IS EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY IN THE RETAIL SECTION.

HANDCUFF SMALL BUSINESSES, PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCAL SMALLER MOM AND POP ONES.

THE LONG TERM IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS IS THAT YOU NEED A TEAM OF ATTORNEYS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, YOU KNOW, MANEUVER THE MORE COMPLEX, YOU KNOW BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND IN THE LONG TERM THAT REDUCES THE COMPETITION, GETS RID OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE, AND ACTUALLY CAUSES AN INCREASE LONG TERM OF EXPENSES AND COST TO CONSUMERS.

FOR THAT REASON, I'M A NO. THANK YOU LEGISLATOR LORIGO.

EXPLAIN MY VOTE. YOU KNOW, I WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT AND READ THE LAW.

I THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE. AND THEN WHEN I STARTED READING OTHER OPINIONS ON IT AND KIND OF CONSIDERING THE ROLLOUT OF THE BIOMETRIC LAW AND HOW WE'VE TOTALLY FLOPPED THAT AND CONFUSED BUSINESSES THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND THERE'S ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.

WE HAVE AN ERIE COUNTY CONSUMER PROTECTION. I JUST, I THINK THIS IS SOLVING A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T YET EXIST.

IT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE. I KNOW THEY'RE EVEN HAVING IT AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL AND THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION YET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOW TO HANDLE THIS.

SO I JUST FOR THAT REASON TODAY, I'M A NO. THANK YOU.

LEGISLATOR MILLS. NO. LEGISLATOR TODARO NOT PRESENT.

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HERE I AM AGAIN, STANDING UP FOR PROTECT CONSUMER PRIVACY.

THIS IS NOT ANTI-BUSINESS. THIS IS US MAKING SURE THERE'S FAIR PRICING FOR EVERYONE.

BUT THIS RESOLUTION IS DOING IS TO RESPECTFULLY URGE THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN IT.

IT HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES. IT IS DOING ITS JOB.

THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IT. ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE NOT CHARGED THE SAME PRICE FOR THE SAME PRODUCT.

I DON'T SEE HOW A BUSINESS WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A BAD THING.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE CONSUMER PRIVACY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS DOING.

IT PROMOTES FAIRNESS AND ENSURES THAT PRICING IS TRANSPARENT.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WAIT UNTIL EVERYBODY STARTS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT AND BE REACTIVE.

WE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS CALL, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THINGS FORWARD TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY. AND IN THAT VEIN, I AM A YES. THANK YOU. LEGISLATOR GILMOUR. YES.

KOOSHOIAN. YES. MEYERS. YES. SAINT JEAN TARD NOT PRESENT.

LEGISLATOR VINAL. I WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS AND ALSO THANK LEGISLATOR DUPRE FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

AND THE THING IS, IS THAT IT'S FOR THE CONSUMER PROTECTION, BUT ALSO I'M VOTING FOR THIS FOR SMALL BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMALL BUSINESS AND MULTINATIONAL BIG BOX STORES.

AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK STATE HAS BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY.

THEIR MAIN STREET'S BEEN DECIMATED BY BIG BOX STORES, WHETHER IT BE THE HARDWARE STORE DECIMATED BY HOME DEPOT, PUTTING OUT ADS THAT WE HAVE LOW LIGHT BULB PRICES.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GO IN, THE OTHER PRICES AREN'T NECESSARILY LOWER.

THIS IS TAKING UP ONE OTHER NOTCH TO SORT OF STICK A KNIFE IN THE RIBS BETWEEN THE RIBS OF BOTH THE CONSUMER AND SMALL BUSINESS, BECAUSE THEY COME ON WITH PRICES. AND THEN WHEN THE PERSON GETS THERE, THE GUY'S WALKING UP THE AISLE.

THE BIG BOX STORE CAN CHANGE THE PRICE. SO WHEN YOU GO, WHEN SOMEBODY IS GOING TO THE WALMART OR TO THE HOME DEPOT OR THOSE PLACES THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO OUR LOCAL STORES AND NOT SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND INSTEAD THERE. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY THAT IT MAKES IT ONCE A COMMUNITY GETS TAKEN OVER BY BIG BOX STORE AND THERE ARE NO SMALL THINGS, THEN PRICES GO UP. AND THIS IS THE ULTIMATE. WHAT WILL THE MARKET BEAR? NOT THE MARKET, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL MAN COMING DOWN THE AISLE.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PROTECTION FOR US, FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND FOR THE CONSUMER.

AND SO I VOTE YES. THANK YOU. THE VOTE IS 6 TO 3.

OKAY. THANK YOU CLERK. MOVING ON. ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[ ANNOUNCEMENTS:]

THE LEGISLATURE WILL CONDUCT COMMITTEE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK.

WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL SESSION, THE SCHEDULE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.

THE NEXT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JULY 9TH.

SO NEXT WEEK IT IS WEDNESDAY. EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THAT.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? PLEASE RISE FOR MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS.

[ MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS:]

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. LEGISLATOR DUPRE. THANK YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE IN MEMORY OF VALERIA STALLWORTH.

SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THOSE WHO WENT ON TO BE WITH THE LORD.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION TO ADJOURN BY LEGISLATOR GREENE.

SECOND BY LEGISLATOR DUPRE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

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