New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S01214 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/10/2023

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1214 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans- portation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to special powers of the authority The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms of any 4 contract, the authority, in consultation with the New York city transit 5 authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Rail- 6 road Company, shall allow riders travelling within the limits of the 7 city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that 8 of a MetroCard ride on New York city transit subways and buses and for 9 such riders to make free transfers between said commuter rail and New 10 York city transit subways and buses. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03366-01-3