Assembly adopts amendments to A318 and member presents proclamation for Staten Island volunteer

The Assembly convened on May 25 and adopted amendments to bill A318 after a housekeeping motion on the floor. The action, announced by the presiding officer, came "on a motion by Ms. Cruz, page 35, calendar number 2 62, bill number A318," and the Speaker stated that the amendments were received and adopted; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally or the substance of the amendments.

The procedural items opened the day's work: a quorum was announced and Assembly member Fall moved to dispense with further reading of the May 25 journal, a motion that was approved without objection. The Speaker also asked Ways and Means and Rules committees to meet off the floor and said Ways and Means would assemble in the Speaker's Conference Room; the Speaker noted a conference would be needed after floor business.

Assembly member Pierzolo took the floor to introduce Ari Weiss of Staten Island and his family and presented a proclamation recognizing Weiss's volunteer service. Pierzolo said Weiss volunteers with "Hutzala," described in the transcript as an ambulance corps serving Staten Island residents regardless of background, and with the Shoreham safety patrol.

Earlier on the floor, Assembly member Fall read a short quotation attributed to Zayed Abdel Noor, CEO and founder of Black Heart Partners Inc.: "Life is like a camera. Just focus on what's important and capture the good times. Develop from the negative, and if things don't work out, just take another shot." The reading accompanied routine opening remarks and did not signal further legislative action.

The transcript records motions but not roll-call results for the A318 amendments; the floor record in this excerpt therefore shows outcome (amendments adopted) without a vote tally. The House was later placed at ease on a motion by Assembly member Fall. The transcript does not provide details of the content of A318 or the specific amendments adopted.