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JUST ONE AREA WHERE REPUBLICANS
IN THE SETE SEE THINGS
DIFFERENTLY AND LEADERS IN BOTH
CHAMBERS HAVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH
GOVERNOR CUOMO AS WELL.
I SAT DOWN WITH ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
SHELDON SILVER TO DISCUSS WHERE
HE STANDS.
>> SPEAKER SILVER, IT'S GREAT
SEE YOU.
>> DELIGHTED TO BE WITH YOU.
>> SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED.
YOU'VE ONLY JUST GOTTEN STARTED.
>> WE'VE JUST BEGUN.
>> LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.
THE GOVERNOR TODAY SAID THERE
WILL BE A LEADER'S MEETING
TOMORROW.
THE FOCUS WILL BE ON CASINOS.
IS THIS THE FIRST MEETING OF TH
YEAR?
>> YES.
IT IS THE FIRST LEADER'S MEETING
OF THE YEAR.
I'VE SPOKEN TO THE GOVERNOR ON
THE TELEPHONE PRIOR.
BUT IT'S THE FIRST MEETING WHERE
EVERYBODY WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.
YOU SAID TODAY DURING ONE OF THE
INTERVIE THAT HE DID NOT
SUPPORT A POLITICALLY CONTROLLED
PROCESS FOR "CASTAWAY."
-- CASINOS.
>> HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM DO YOU
THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE?
>> I THINK THEY KNOW WHETHER
THEY ARE WANTED IN THEIR
DISTRICTS OR NOT WANTED IN THEIR
DISTRICTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MEMBERS TO
SAY.
I'M OKAY WANT INDEPENDENT
COMMISSION IF IT'S TRULY
INDEPENDENT TO VET VARIOUS BID
BY VARIOUS BIDDER TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION AS TO WHO SHOULD
OPERATE VARIOUS CANOS BUT I
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THERE
SHOULD BE LEGISLATIVE INPUT.
I BELIEVE THE MEMBERS KNOW THEIR
DISTRICTS BETTER THAN ANYONE WHO
MAY BE APPOINT BY THE GOVERNOR
AND LAST I CHECKED THE POLITICAL
SYSTEM WAS A GIVE AND A
LEGISLATURE.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS
GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC?
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING
INCREASINGLY PROBLEMATIC AND
THERE HAS TO BE SECOND PASSAGE
AND IT WON'T BE WITHOUT A A-
STATING HOW IT SHOULD GO.
>> THERE SHOULD BE A PROCESS
WHERE WE SHOULD MAKE
DETERMINATIONS AND SOME
INDEPENDENT BODY BASED ON
CRITERIA SHOULDXAMINE WHO IS
APPROPRIATE TO OPERATE IN THOSE
AREAS.
>> ARE YOU IT'S BEEN
CHARACTERIZED THAT YOU ARE
SOFTENING ON YOUR POSITION
REGARDING A CASINO IN THE CITY.
NOW YOU'VE SUGGESTED MAYBE CONEY
ISLAND.
YOU STILL DON'T -- WANT
MANHATTAN, RIGHT?
>> ALL I'VE SUGGESTED IS THERE
SHOULD NOT BE CASINOS IN DEY
POPULATED URBAN AREAS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE WHO
GOES TO WORK CAN SE A MONTHS
PAY DURING THEIR LUNCH HOUR OR
ON THEIR WAY HOME.
I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE
REQUIRED AT LEAST TO MAKE A TRIP
WHETHER IT'S A HALF HOUR OR AN
HOUR IN ORDER TO DO IT.
AND SO WHAT I SUGGESTED IS E
OF THE FRINGE AREAS OF THE CITY
AND I ONLY MEAN FRINGE IN TERMS
OF A WAY FROM THE CENTRAL
POPULATION.
THAT HAVE BEEN OR SHOULD BE
RESORT AREAS SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE
TO PRESENT CERTAIN PROGRAMS.
>> THIS TIME AROUND OR NEXT TIME
ND?
>> THAT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER AT
THIS POINT.
WHETHER IT'S NOW OR LATER.
I'M OKAY WITH JUST UPSTATE
CASINOS .
I'M FINE WITH THAT.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I REALLY
THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE IN
RESORT AREAS AND NOT IN THA
DENSELY POM -- POPULATED AREA.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE REVENUE.
90% FOR EDUCATION AND 10% FOR
HOST COMMUNITIES TO HELP WIH
PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION.
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED -
FOR THE PUBLICLY FUNDE D CAMN
SYSTEM.
>> EVERYBO DY HAS AN IDEA WIH
HOW TO SPEND THE MONEY.
THE REALITY IS THE HOST
COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE A
GREATER NEED FOR AMBULANCE
SERVICE AND COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SURROUNDING THE CASINOS.
SO YOU WOULD SUGGEST AND THE
DEFINITION OF HOST COMMUNITY
WE'VE LEARNED IN NIAGARA FALLS
WHERE WE HAVE THE NATIVE
AMERICAN CASINO IS SOMETHING
THAT IS A BATTLE BETWEEN THE
COUNTY AND THE CITY AND THE
SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS
WHO SHOULD CONTROL THAT.
>> THIS ONE AREA OF
DIFFERENCE NOT GOING TO SAY
CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE LEADERS
OF YOURSELF AND THE GOVERNOR.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE WHICH IS
THE TEACHER EVALUATION LINK
BETWEEN THE LAND AND MONEY.
SO WE'VE SEEN THE CITY AS LOSING
AT LEAST $240 MILLION IN STATE
AID AND YOU SAID IN AN INTERVIEW
WITH OUR SISTER STATION THAT NEW
YORK CITY DOMINATED CONFERENCE
WOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME
CONTINUING.
>> PERFECT -- PERPETUATING T
HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A BATTLE
MIGHT THIS BE?
>> THE PROBLEM IS THE END RESULT
THE CHILDREN SUFFER.
THE LACK OF FUNDING AND THE K
OF KEEPING PACE REDUCES CLASS
TEACHERS.
INCREASES CLASS SIZE.
OUR CHILDREN ARE IN COMPETITION
WHEN THEY ARE IN KINDERGARTEN
TODAY.
THEY ARE IN NEW YORK STATE'S
WORKFORCE IN 2025.
AND THEY ARE IN COMPETITION WITH
THE CHILDREN OF CHINESE EUROPE
AND INDIA.
IT'S NO LONGER THE CHILDREN OF
NEW JERSEY AND THE CHILDREN OF
NORTH DAKOTA.
THAT THEY ARE COMPETING W. AND
THEY NEED A QUALITY EDUCATION TO
MAKE NEW YORK BUSINESSES
COMPETITIVE.
YOU CANNOT KEEP TAKING RESOURCES
FROM THE CHILDREN BECAUSE
WHOEVER IT IS AND I'M NOT
BLAMING THE UNION OR THE MAYOR
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GET
TOGETHER.
>> WHAT SAFEGUARD DO YOU PUT IN
THAT FORCES THESE AND THERE ARE
DIFFIC ULTIES ALL OR THE
LET'S NOT JUST SINGLEUT W
YORK CITY IS THE LARGESL
DISTRICT IN THE COUNTRYND THE
LARGEST THAT FAILED TO GET A
DEAL.
AND THEY ALSO LOST MONEY TO THE
TUNE OF $400,000.
WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE IF YOU
TAKE AWAY THAT STICK THAT --
IT'S ONLY A YEAR LONG.
>> THERE ARE FEDERAL MONIES
INVOLVED AND SOMEBODY HAS TO --
WE HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN IT.
FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AS A REST
OF THIS BATTLE THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION AND THE UNION ARE
GOING TO MAKE ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT
RESOLVING THIS BEFORE THIS
BUDGET ACTUALLY GETS ENACTED AND
I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT BUT TE
REALITY IS THAT THERE HAS GOT TO
BE A SYSTEM.
BINDING ARBITRATION THAT
ENFORCES THE PROVISIONS MAYBE
THAT IS THE WAY TO GO.
SOME INDEPENDENT ARBITER HAS TO
DO IT.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE PERFECT
PET SITUATION OF THE PENALTY OUT
--
>> I DON'T THINK IT'S
APPROPRIATE TO PERPETUATE THE
PAIN.
>> THAT IS THE SECOND AREA.
WHERE WE HAVE SOME DISAGREEMENT.
AND I DON'T KNOW YOUR POSITION
ON PENSION SMOOTHING.
WE'VE SEEN STEPHANE MINER
DOESN'T LIKE THE PROPOSAL.
THE GOVERNOR SAID YOU DON'T E
THE PROPOSAL.
I DON'T SEE ANY ALTERNATIVES.
YOU EITHER HAVE A CONTROL BOARD
OR YOU CAN DO THIS OR SOMETHING
ELSE.
THE STATE CONTROLLER TOM
DiNAPOLI A FORMER MEMBER OF
YOU HAS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS.
>> THE COME CONTROLLER HAS
INDICATED THAT HE IS STUDYING
THE PROPOSAL AND A NALYZING .
I WOULD LIKE TO WAIT AND SEE
WHAT HIS ANALYSIS SHOWS.
I AM VERY SYMPATHETIC TO
SMOOTHING OUT AND REDUCING THE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS TO THE PENSION
SY STEM IF THEY ARE ACTUALLY
SOUND IF IT MAKES SENSE.
SO THIS IS THE GOVERNOR'S
ATTEMPT TO DO THAT.
TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.
ALLEVIATE THE PROPERTY TAX
BURDEN AND IN EFFECT ON LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS AND HE HAS COME
FORTH WITH A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
IF IN FACT THE CONTROLLER WHO IS
THE FIDUCIARY OF THE PENSION
SYSTEM CAN DO SOMETHING THAT --
I KNOW THAT IS HIS INTENT IS TO
REDUCE THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS AND
IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING
GOOD I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT IT.
BUT I REPS RECOGNIZE THE
CONTROLLER IN THE END HAS TO
MAKE THE SOUND INVESTMEANTS.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE PAYING INTO
THE SYSTEM COME UP 20 YEARS FROM
NOW AND BE TOLD SORRY WE DON'T
HAVE ANY MONEY THAT YOU'RE
ENTITLED TO.
I'M WAITING UNTIL THERE IS AN
APPROPRIATE ANALYSIS OF IT.
>> OKAY.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT YOU GUYS
DID WHEN YOU CAME BACK IN THIS
MARATHON SESSION SITUATION WAS
THE GUN CONTROL BILL.
IT'S NOW LAW.
EING CHALLENGED BY SOME
KIND OF CLASS-ACTION LAWSUI.
ALSO THERE IS SOME PROBLEMS THAT
BECAME CLEAR ON THE FLOOR DURING
THE DEBAT E AND I KNOW TE
WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE CRITICAL OF
THE PROCESS BUT -- YOU D
DEBATE THIS BILL.
WHEN WILL THE FIXES -- WHENL
YOU TAKE THOSE UP?
>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO
IT AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD.
BECAUSE THERE ARE LINES AT N
STORES BUYING THESE THINGS AND
OUR PURPOSE WAS TO ELIMINATE
ASSAULT WEAPONS AND CERTAINLY TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER THAT ARE OUT
THERE NO LONGER THIS BILL --
LINGER THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WERE
ENCOURAGED TO BUY.
>> BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A DEAL YET
ON THE CHAPTERS.
>> THERE IS SOME FINE-TUNING
GOING ON AS TO WHAT IS NE NT
-- NECESSA RY.
POLI CE ARE EXEMPT.
COUNTIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN
SYSTEMS IN PLACE WERE EXEMPT
FROM THE STATEWIDE REGULATION.
AS LONG AS THE COUNTY THINGS
THAT WERE IN PLACE WERE BETTER
THAN STATEWIDE RENEWALS AND
STANDARDS.
>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUT
OF TIME SO I WANT TO HIT SOME OF
POINTS QUICKLY.
THE FIRST IS MINIMUM WAGE.
HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO SOME KIND
OF AGREEMENT?
>> I'M DELIGHTED THE GOVERNR
PUT IT IN HIS BUDGET.
DELIGHTED THAT HE HIGHLIGHTED
THE ISSUE THIS YEAR.
AS KNOW I PUT THAT ISSUEUT D
THE ASSEMBLY PASSED IT.
THE GOVERNMENT PUT OUT A RICHER
BASE BUT NO INDEX.
AND IN HIS ATTEMPT TO COMPROMISE
THE ISSUE.
I APPLAUD HIM FOR THAT BUT MY
INTENTION WAS TO TAKE MINIMUM
WAGE OUT OF THE POLITICAL
PROCESS.
>> BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THAT.
NOT TO BE CRASS BUT PEOPLE GET
TRADED AND GOOD THINGS HAPPEN.
>> BUT WE'RE ALWAYS BEHIND THE 8
BALL.
IF YOU DID INDEXING FROM THE
LAST TIME WE DID A MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE IT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN
THE $8.75 BEING PROPOSED NOW
JUST KEEPING PACE WITH
INFLATION.
>> DO YOU THINK THE FINAL
PRODUCT COULD PUSH YOU HIGHER
THAN $8.75.
WASHINGTON STATE IS AT $9.15.
>> INDEXING IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE
IT OUT OF THE POLITICAL PROCESS.
BUT CLEARLY PEOPLE WHO ARE
WORKING EVERY DAY SHOULD GO
HOMELESS POOR THAN THEY ARE
GOING HOME RIGHT NOW.
>> A DEAL BEFORE THE BUDGET
POSSIBLE?
YOU DON'T.
HONESTLY I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE'RE SIX WEEK AWAY FROM
ENACTING THE BUDGET.
>> I ALSO WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE DREAM ACT.
THE PRESIDENT IS LAYING OUT HIS
IMMIGRATION REFORM PROPOSAL.
CHUCK SCHUMER WAS INVOLVED IN
THAT.
THE DREAM ACT AND THE DREAM
FUND.
BOTH INTRODUCED.
DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE WITH
THIS DIVIDED SENATE SITUATION
THAT THAT COULD RISE.
I THINK MINIMUM WAGE MIGHT RIDE
BUT THREE THERE WOULD BE
PROBLEMS WITH OTHER LIBERAL
ISSUES.
>> THERE IS SUPPORT FOR IT IN
THE ASSEMBLY.
I THINK IT REPRESENTS A BROAD
BASE OF REPRESENTATIVES AROUND
THE STATE.
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE
IMMIGRANTS RIGHT HERE AND THESE
CHILDREN ARE HERE AND MANY F
THEM DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER
COUNTRY AND IT SHOULD BE OUR JOB
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THEY
WILL EVEREAVE US EXCEPTR
BETTER JOBS OVERSEAS.
TO EDUCATE THEM AND MAKE THEM --
WE ARE AFTER ALL A STATE THAT IS
A MELTING POT.
WE'VE WELCOMED IMMIGRANTS
TRADITIONALLY AND THEY'VE
RIBUTED TREMENDOUSLY TOUR
ECONOMY HERE IN NEW YORK AND IN
THE UNITED STATES.
DO WANT TO ASK HOW IS IT
GOING WITH THIS NEW TWO HEADED
SITUATION OVER IN THE SENAT?
IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT WAS A FACTOR BUT NOW IT'S AN
INSTITUTIONAL FACTOR AND THEY
ARE HAVING SOME DIFFICULT OVER
THE GOVERNOR'S PUSH FOR THE
WOMEN'S EQUALITY ACT
SPECIFICALLY FOR THE EXPANSION
OF ABORTION RIGHTS SO HOW IS I
GOING FROM YOUR STAND POINT?
I'VE NOT EXPERIENCED IT YET.
>> SO TOMORROW WILL BE THE FIRST
TIME.
>> TOMORROW IS PROBABLY THE
FIRST TIME BUT I THINK AFTER THE
BUDGET WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO A
BETTER ANALYSIS OF HOW IS IT
GOING?
>> DO U THINK HOW LONG IT WL
LAST?
>> I CANNOT TELL YOU YES OR NO.
BUT I CAN ASSUME IT'S ONLY WAY
IT WILL GO.
>> I WANT TO T HANK YOU VERY