Happy new year to all. May it be a great one for all of us. First to the reverend and the were, i thought they extraordinary in their blessings and indication. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. Cuomo before i begin, i would like to acknowledge my partners in progress here with me on the stage today. We start with Lieutenant Governor kathy hogle. Hochul. New york state comptroller thomas dinapoli. Attorney general eric snyderman. Senate majority leader john flanagan. Speaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it was a tough year by any measure. Also, new yorkers rose to the occasion. We h
Give a warm welcome to andrew cuomo. Thank you very much. Welcome to albany. Happy new year to all. May it be a great one for all of us. First to the reverend and the were, i thought they extraordinary in their blessings and indication. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] gov. Cuomo before i begin, i would like to acknowledge my partners in progress here with me on the stage today. We start with Lieutenant Governor kathy hogle. Hochul. New york state comptroller thomas dinapoli. Attorney general eric snyderman. Senate majority leader john flanagan. Speaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it
All of us. Rabbi, i reverend and thought were extraordinary. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] before i begin i would like to knowledge my partners in progress who are here with me on the stage today. Lieutenant governor, lets give her a great round of laws. Eaker carl hes deep. Leader client. Leader brian cole. We had with us today our court of appeals, judges, and the great chief judge. Lets give them a round of applause. ,ts not that they are unhappy the judges. Its by protocol they dont applaud for anything. I didnt realize that the first couple of years, but i now got it. Another round of applause for not applauding for anything. [applause] my friends, looking back to 2017, it was a tough year by any measure. Also, new yorkers rose to the occasion. We had frightening incidents of terrorism in new york city, as mayor bill de blasio well knows. We also have the best police and First Responders in the country. And some of them are here today. Lets give them a round of ap
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Gavel back in. Take you live to the floor, and today work on a number of bills including legislation that would redefine the term joint employer to ensure that franchises and temp agencies are not held liable for the working conditions of employees. Also today, several bills on veterans medical care. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] cappingscappings. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offer bird the guest chaplain, chaplain michael j. Halliard, south texas veteran system, san antonio, texas. The chaplain merciful and loving god, source of life and constant guide to your people, we ask your blessings on our esteemed representatives as they continue to help govern a course for our nation and its citizens. In these days of disrepute and impropriety, keep them steadfast in their deliberations. Inspire them