Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 190th street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue line to the 190th street - Fort Tryon Park station.
Enacts the safe subways act creating a subway safety command force responsible for coordinating public safety, homelessness intervention services, the orderly flow of riders in and out of the subway system, compliance with fare collection, and the cosmetic appearance of subway trains and stations.
Authorizes the council on the arts to designate Little Panama as a cultural district in the city of New York located on Franklin Avenue between from its intersection with President Street to its intersection with Bergen Street.
Eliminates from the class A misdemeanor of theft of services, the avoidance of payment for railroad, subway, bus or other public transportation services; allows for community service in lieu of a civil penalty for certain offenders of theft of transit services.