Womens equality act would have a 10point agenda. Shatter the Glass Ceiling by passing a equal pay law. Number two, have zero tolerance for Sexual Harassment in the workplace, period. Number three, strengthen employment lending and credit discrimination laws. Number four, strengthen Human Trafficking laws. Number five, end Family Status discrimination. Number six, prevent landlords from denying housing based on the source of funds. Number seven, stop housing discrimination for victims of the domestic violence. Number eight, stop pregnancy discrimination once and for all. Number nine, protect women from domestic violence. Number 10, protect a womans freedom of choice and enact the Reproductive Health act because it is her body, it is her choice. Because it is her body its her choice. Because its her body its her choice. I have been blessed with three daughters. Many of you know them, as a matter of fact my parents blessed with 14 grandchildren, 13 are girls. So we have been significantly blessed with women. So we feel a special obligation. Maybe it is a mans world but it is not a mans world in new york, not anymore. Were going to pass this womens equality act were going to change the life for my daughters, your daughter, your sisters, your wife, and your significant other and every person in this room. Every person in this room. Were going to do it this year. The department of Public Safety, gun violence, has been on a rampage as we know firsthand and we know painfully. We must stop the madness, my friends. In one word it is just enough. It has been enough. [applause] we need a gun policy in this state that is reasonable, balanced, measured, we respect hunters and sportsman. This is not taking away peoples guns. I own a gun, i own a shotgun, ive hunted, ive shot. That is not what this is about. It is about ending the unnecessary risk of high capacity assault rifles. That is what this is about. We have a sevenpoint agenda. Number one, the toughest assault weapon ban in the nation, period. Number two, close the private sale loophole by requiring background checks. Number three, ban highcapacity magazines. Number four, enact tougher penalties for illegal gun use. Number five, keep guns from people who are mentally ill. Number six, ban direct Internet Sales of ammunition in new york. Number seven, create a check on all ammunition purchases. New york state led the way on guns once before. It was sullivans law of 1911 which was the first in the nation gun control law. It required a permit for the position of a handgun. New york was the first. It is still on the books. New york led the way then, lets pass safe and legal legislation and lead the way again in saving lives. [applause] when it comes to government reform we all believe in government otherwise we would not be in this room today. For government to be effective we have to be trusted. The more were trusted the more effective we are. It all about the relationship we have with the citizens of this state. We must end the campaign to finance reform. New york currently has the highest contribution limits among all states, third lowest rate of participation. I want to propose the disclose new york plan which is simple. It is the nations most aggressive disclosure law, period. What it says is disclose all political and lobbying contributions within 48 hours electronically, period. Right now right now the disclosure law says you can disclose every six months, sometimes a year, sometimes never. We would apply this to all political and lobbying organizations, political committee, Political Party, any contribution within 48 hours is disclosed over 500. There is nothing like it in the country. Implement a Public Finance system based on new york city. It works well in new york city, it will work well in new york state. We need to lower the contribution limits for all offices political parties, House Keeping accounts because the limits are too high. Government reform also has to be brought to local governments. Which like the state are facing difficult financial difficulties. We propose setting up the financial restructuring system prom. It will be a joint effort joint task force. To help work that locality through its financial problems. There is no one size fits all. Im looking at a number of cities and they are all in different situations. Some have too much debt, some have high expenses, some have shortterm cash needs. Lets bring them in individually, if they are in financial distress, we will sit with them, come up with a Restructuring Plan that makes sense and well work with them on the Restructuring Plan. [applause] responding to the crisis, we have to do everything weve outlined above. But, we also have the added responsibility of needing to address hurricane sandy. Lets start by learning what has happened. We temp paneled four commissions right after the hurricane to look at the varies aspects of the storm and Lessons Learned. They did extraordinary work and i ask us to give them a round of applause now and recognize the chairman who worked very hard. [applause] first thing we have to learn is to accept the fact, i believe it is a fact, that Climate Change is real. It is denial to say this is each of these situations is a once in a lifetime. There is a 100 year flood every two years now. It is inarguably that the sea is warmer and there is a changing weather pattern. The time to act is now. We must lower the Greenhouse Gas emission cap and lets make a real difference on Climate Change by reducing the co2 cap. We must also increase the local Renewable Power sources. Also increase alternative power, generate electricity which will reduce the reliance on the large power plants. We must understand the needs of coastal communities because they pose special challenges and many of them are manmade. Lets take a look at Lower Manhattan. This was Lower Manhattan in 1609. This is Lower Manhattan now. All manmade filled areas. This is Lower Manhattan with the sandy storm surge. You can see that the manmade areas are the vulnerable areas to the storm surge. It is the way they are filled, it is the way they were constructed. We propose to recreate new yorks smart home program. Instead of just rebuilding a home today that we may rebuild again two years from now, three years from now, four years from now. We built it back once but we built it back once right and we mitigate for the environmental damage and disaster. I would rather pay more and put a house on piles today than rebuild that house. Three times. There are some places that people may choose not to build back. Ive talked to homeowner who is have dealt with serious floods, flee, four, five times. Many of them are saying i dont want to do it again. I would rather buy out the parcel and move on. There were some parcels that Mother Nature owns. She might only visit once every few years but she owns the parcel. When she comes to visit, she visits. We want to run a program that will provide the funds that will buyout those homeowners who dont want to rebuild and they want to move to Higher Ground and that would be smart. We must harden our infrastructure, we must harden the new york city subway system. New york is a marvel because how high it builds. Manhattan is a march val because how deep it builds. Parts of manhattan are a 15 stories deep with infrastructure, subways, water tunnels, etc. You cant allow those 15 floors below to flood. It would dehabilitate the city for a long time. We need to close tunnels, roll down doors, so the city does not flood. The technology is there, it is expensive but necessary. We must harden our airports. We cant close the airports every time there is a storm. We need to put in pumps, high gates, etc. We saw the chaos that the fuel system caused. That was the reduction of supply for a day and a half. Thats all that was. A day and a half break in supply caused weeks of chaos. We have to have a program that requires gasoline stations that are strategically located to have backup generators and the state should have a fuel reserve to protect new yorkers short term in case of a fuel reduction. [applause] we must hardened our utilities and get ready for the next storm and have a p. F. C. That requires utilities to come up with a real plan. We need to redesign our power system. It said real regulatory enforcement teeth into the public force commission which has been too long been a toothless tiger. When it comes to the Long Island Power Authority it has never worked, it never will, it is time to abolish that, period. They are all from queens, those people. We want to prioritize the Long Island Service which will be regulated by a p. F. C. And we want to do it in a way that protects the rate payers and freezes the rate for a period of a year. There will be no increase for the payer, there will be a better provider. We want to establish a world class Emergency Response net work. Well have a uniformed Training System and protocols. We want all Emergency Personnel in this state to receive the same training so we all have the same protocols, we all have the same understanding and there is no communication issues in the middle of a crisis. We want the state to have a Certification Program where it certifies emergency workers who went through this course. We want the state to establish a stockpile. So next crisis we have what we need, we have the generators, the water supply, we have the meals and we dont have to worry about trying to locate them in the middle of the crisis. We want to capitalize in the new york spirit. We want to create a statewide volunteer core. It will people all across the state that will receive light training and will be available to volunteer if a disaster hits another part of the state. Well also organize them by skill set. We need it on long island, desperately, electricians and we could not find them. We want to have that work done and organized before. Thank you, ed. We want to establish a Nonprofit Network to help coordinate the Emergency Response. We want to have a itself campaign to prepare citizens because they are all in home first respondents and every family, every mother, every father should know what should happen if god for bid they are in an emergency situation in their home. Superstorm sandy was the largest storm the hit northeast in the recorded history. We need we deserve federal assistance. [applause] first, i want to tell you that ive worked extensively with our delegation and the government in washington for new yorkers, working the same way the government in albany is working for new yorkers. Were not republicans, were not democrats, were not independents, were new yorkers and were working together for the good of new york and that is exactly what the delegation is doing. I am so proud of them. I would ask them to stand so we can recognize them. [applause] congressman peter king, congressman maloney. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your work, thank you for all your efforts. We requested 60 billion in storm aid for new york and new jersey. So far, congress has appropriated 9 billion. My friends, that is too little and too late. It has nothing to do with the way that congress is acted in the past. This is long been established that in a face of a disaster, the National Government comes in to help. Why . Because it would add insult to injury to say to the damaged area you have to finance your own reconstruction. The area is injured. The federal government comes in, provides reconstruction funds, the area gets back on its feet, it is good for the area the entire country. This is an unprecedented situation in modern times where the federal government has not been responsive in the face of a disaster. And hurricane sandy, after Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst disasters in modern political history in this country. Look at what they done in the past. San francisco earthquake, they had funding eight days later. Hurricane andrew in florida, 30 days later. Earthquake in 1994, 26 days later. Hurricane itself bale 26 days later. Hurricane katrina nine days later. This is day 73 and still counting, that is not acceptable, my friends. [applause] our message to congress is clear. New york is united deliver the aid we need and deserve, do not play politics with the state of new york. Do not bring your political washington gridlock to new york. Do not play politics while peel people need to be back in their homes and Small Businesses need money to open their door. Remember new york because new york will not forget i promise you. [applause] so in closing, what is the state of the state . The answer is my friends, we have work to do. You look at all the initiatives we laid out today you get a sense. We also have a 300 page book were going to give you as a going away present to read tonight in case you missed any of it. [laughter] the agenda that we lay out today is clearly the most ambition agenda of the three that ive outlined in the state of the states. It was an ambitious government. It is more of a function of the need of the time. We need to do everything weve been doing with the economy, education, etc. We also need to address the plague and scourge of gun violence. We need to address hurricane sandy. So, yes, it is an aggressive agenda. It is a lot of work. But they elect us to lead, my friends. We will. They elect us to perform and we will. We have proven that we can lead. We have proven that we can perform. We know that with these challenges at hand that is exactly what we must now do. We have daunting challenges. No doubt. But these challenges also pose exciting opportunities. Yes, it is hard to reform education. I know the politics of it. I know the problems, i know the issues. But, can you imagine how smart this state would be when we actually educate all our children to the best of the god given potential. When every black child and every white child and every urban child is educated to their full potential. I know helping the economy is hard. I know it has been decades of decline. Can you imagine how successful our economy is going to be when that upstate economic engine is running at full speed and all of our cities are at full gain. I know women is have been treated unfairly for a long time. I know it is cultural. I know it is historic. I know it is difficult. Can you imagine what this society could achieve when our women fully participate as equal partners in everything we do . I know i know the issue of gun control is hard. I know it is political. I know it is controversial but were proposing today common sense measures. I say to you forget the extremists, it is simple. No one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer. Too many innocent people have died already. And the madness now has to get reasonable gun control in the state of new york. Make this state safer. Save lives. Set an example for the rest of the nation. Let them look at new york and say this is what you can do and this is what you should do. This is new york, the progressive capitol. You show them how we lead. [applause] we can do it. Weve done it before we can do it again. I know i know the sandy reconstruction is going to be hard. I know that we are paid a dear price. I know that families are continuing to pay a price. But i also know we have an extraordinary opportunity to not just rebuild but to build back better. We can rebuild a Better Society than we had. We can rebuild thousand miles of roads, we can improve homes, we can get control of Utility Companies that have been out of control for too long. We can rise back from the ashes and we can be smarter and stronger than ever. We can modernize. I know there is a Silver Lining to this storm. That is the way that new yorkers came together. In our darkest moment we shine the brightest. In the worst of times, the best of people came out. There was an outpouring support upstate and downstate, the First Responders were heroes, yes. But average citizens showed up one after the other after the other and they were there just because they wanted to help. Just because they cared. Just because they loved. Just because they were new yorkers and they saw other new yorkers in need. They saw the commonality among us. They didnt see the differences, we werent black and white and rich and poor we were new yorkers. We were united. We were one and there is energy the in that unity. That is new york at its best. That is new york fulfilling its potential. That is new york fulfilling the dream. That is new york the laboratory of the american experiment of democracy. That is new york honoring the lady in the harbor, the statue of liberty who holds the torch and says you are all invited. I dont care the color of your skin or how much money you have in your pocket. You come here and we will invest in you, work with you, and we want you to do well. Well educate you. Well give you health care because we believe in community. We believe when you are raised we are all raised. That is new york at its finest. So my friends, what is the state of new york state . The state of new york state is that new york state is rising. New york state is rising because its more unified than ever before. New york state is rising to build back better and stronger than ever before. New york state is rising to build a smarter, stronger state than we ever had before. New york state is rising with a passion and a commitment to make this state better than its ever been with a Brighter Future than it has ever had for your family and my family and new york is rising. W