STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1162 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, STERN, HYNDMAN, EPSTEIN, SIMON, REYES, GLICK, WILLIAMS, CRUZ, FALL, RAMOS, SHRESTHA, SEPTIMO, MITAYNES, SEAWRIGHT, SIMONE, GALLAGHER, CUNNINGHAM, COLTON, DILAN, TAPIA, GONZA- LEZ-ROJAS, BURDICK, SHIMSKY, MAMDANI, R. CARROLL, BORES, ROSENTHAL, ALVAREZ, HEVESI, LEE, KIM, EACHUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DE LOS SANTOS, LEVENBERG, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to enacting the rider representation act The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "rider representation act". 3 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public 4 authorities law, as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, subpara- 5 graph 1 as amended by chapter 68 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read 6 as follows: 7 (a) (1) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation 8 authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic consti- 9 tuting a public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a 10 chairperson, [sixteen] twenty other voting members, and [two] one non- 11 voting and [four] two alternate non-voting members, as described in 12 subparagraph two of this paragraph appointed by the governor by and with 13 the advice and consent of the senate. Any member appointed to a term 14 commencing on or after June thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have 15 experience in one or more of the following areas: transportation, public 16 administration, business management, finance, accounting, law, engineer- 17 ing, land use, urban and regional planning, management of large capital 18 projects, labor relations, or have experience in some other area of 19 activity central to the mission of the authority. Four of the sixteen 20 voting members other than the chairperson shall be appointed on the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01670-01-5
A. 1162 2 1 written recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York; one of the 2 twenty voting members other than the chairperson shall be appointed on 3 the written recommendation of the New York city transit authority advi- 4 sory council; one of the twenty voting members other than the chair- 5 person shall be appointed on the written recommendation of the Metro- 6 North rail commuter council; one of the twenty voting members other than 7 the chairperson shall be appointed on the written recommendation of the 8 Long Island Rail Road commuter's council; one of the twenty voting 9 members other than the chairperson shall be appointed on the written 10 recommendation of the commissioner of the New York city mayor's office 11 for people with disabilities, as such office is defined in section 12 22-301 of the administrative code of the city of New York, provided that 13 such commissioner shall consult with disability advisory bodies to the 14 authority and external disability advocacy organizations when making 15 such appointment; and each of seven other voting members other than the 16 chairperson shall be appointed after selection from a written list of 17 three recommendations from the chief executive officer of the county in 18 which the particular member is required to reside pursuant to the 19 provisions of this subdivision. Of the members appointed on recommenda- 20 tion of the chief executive officer of a county, one such member shall 21 be, at the time of appointment, a resident of the county of Nassau, one 22 a resident of the county of Suffolk, one a resident of the county of 23 Westchester, one a resident of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of 24 the county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam and one a 25 resident of the county of Rockland, provided that the term of any member 26 who is a resident of a county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan 27 commuter transportation district pursuant to section twelve hundred 28 seventy-nine-b of this title shall terminate upon the effective date of 29 such county's withdrawal from such district. Of the five voting members, 30 other than the chairperson, appointed by the governor without recommen- 31 dation from any other person, three shall be, at the time of appoint- 32 ment, residents of the city of New York and two shall be, at the time of 33 appointment, residents of such city or of any of the aforementioned 34 counties in the metropolitan commuter transportation district. Provided 35 however, notwithstanding the foregoing residency requirement, one of the 36 five voting members appointed by the governor without recommendation 37 from any other person, other than the chairperson, may be the director 38 of the New York state division of the budget, and provided further that, 39 in the event of such appointment, the budget director's membership in 40 the authority shall be deemed ex-officio. Provided further, one of the 41 twelve voting members, other than the chairperson, appointed by the 42 governor without recommendation by any other person, or on the recommen- 43 dation of the mayor of the city of New York, or of the chief executive 44 officer of the counties of Westchester, Nassau, or Suffolk shall be a 45 transit dependent individual. A "transit dependent individual" shall 46 mean an individual who is limited to public transit as their primary 47 mode of transportation because the individual has a permanent disabili- 48 ty, provided that any local or statewide transit advocacy organization 49 may recommend one or more transit dependent individuals to be considered 50 for appointment pursuant to this section. The chairperson and each of 51 the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided howev- 52 er, that the chairperson first appointed shall serve for a term ending 53 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that thirty days 54 after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand nine 55 which amended this subparagraph, the term of the chairperson shall 56 expire; provided, further, that such chairperson may continue to
A. 1162 3 1 discharge the duties of [his or her] their office until the position of 2 chairperson is filled by appointment by the governor upon the advice and 3 consent of the senate and the term of such new chairperson shall termi- 4 nate June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen. [The sixteen] Sixteen of the 5 other members first appointed shall serve for the following terms: The 6 members from the counties of Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for 7 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members 8 from the county of Suffolk and from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, 9 Putnam and Rockland shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, 10 nineteen hundred ninety-two; two of the members appointed on recommenda- 11 tion of the mayor of the city of New York shall each serve for a term 12 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each 13 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two 14 of the members appointed by the governor without the recommendation of 15 any other person shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, 16 nineteen hundred eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June 17 thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending 18 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. [The two non-voting and 19 four alternate non-voting members shall serve until January first, two 20 thousand one.] The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam 21 and Rockland shall cast one collective vote. 22 (2) There shall be [two] one non-voting [members] member and [four] 23 two alternate non-voting members of the authority, as referred to in 24 subparagraph one of this paragraph. 25 The first non-voting member shall be [a regular mass transit user of 26 the facilities of the authority and be recommended to the governor by 27 the New York city transit authority advisory council. The first alter- 28 nate non-voting member shall be a regular mass transit user of the 29 facilities of the authority and be recommended to the governor by the 30 Metro-North commuter council. The second alternate non-voting member 31 shall be a regular mass transit user of the facilities of the authority 32 and be recommended to the governor by the Long Island Rail Road 33 commuter's council. 34 The second non-voting member shall be] recommended to the governor by 35 the labor organization representing the majority of employees of the 36 Long Island Rail Road. The [third] first alternate non-voting member 37 shall be recommended to the governor by the labor organization repres- 38 enting the majority of employees of the New York city transit authority. 39 The [fourth] second alternate non-voting member shall be recommended to 40 the governor by the labor organization representing the majority of 41 employees of the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company. The [chairman] 42 chairperson of the authority, at [his] their direction, may exclude 43 [such] any non-voting member or alternate non-voting member from attend- 44 ing any portion of a meeting of the authority or of any committee estab- 45 lished pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision four of this section 46 held for the purpose of discussing negotiations with labor organiza- 47 tions. 48 [The non-voting member and the two alternate non-voting members 49 representing the New York York city transit authority advisory council, 50 the Metro-North commuter council, and the Long Island Rail Road 51 commuter's council shall serve eighteen month rotating terms, after 52 which time an alternate non-voting member shall become the non-voting 53 member and the rotation shall continue until each alternate member has 54 served at least one eighteen month term as a non-voting member.] The 55 [other] non-voting member and alternate non-voting members representing 56 the New York city transit authority, Metro-North Commuter Railroad
A. 1162 4 1 Company, and the Long Island Rail Road labor organizations shall serve 2 eighteen month rotating terms, after which time an alternate non-voting 3 member shall become the non-voting member and the rotation shall contin- 4 ue until each alternate member has served at least one eighteen month 5 term as a non-voting member. [The transit authority and the commuter 6 railroads shall not be represented concurrently by the two non-voting 7 members during any such eighteen month period.] 8 § 3. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public 9 authorities law, as amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 39 of the 10 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 11 (a) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori- 12 ty." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a 13 public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a [chairman] 14 chairperson and [sixteen] twenty other members appointed by the governor 15 by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Any member appointed 16 to a term commencing on or after June thirtieth, two thousand nine shall 17 have experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise: 18 transportation, public administration, business management, finance, 19 accounting, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, 20 management of large capital projects, labor relations, or have experi- 21 ence in some other area of activity central to the mission of the 22 authority. Four of the [sixteen] twenty members other than the [chair- 23 man] chairperson shall be appointed on the written recommendation of the 24 mayor of the city of New York; one of the twenty voting members other 25 than the chairperson shall be appointed on the written recommendation of 26 the New York city transit authority advisory council; one of the twenty 27 voting members other than the chairperson shall be appointed on the 28 written recommendation of the Metro-North rail commuter council; one of 29 the twenty voting members other than the chairperson shall be appointed 30 on the written recommendation of the Long Island Rail Road commuter's 31 council; one of the twenty voting members other than the chairperson 32 shall be appointed on the written recommendation of the commissioner of 33 the New York city mayor's office for people with disabilities, as such 34 office is defined in section 22-1301 of the administrative code of the 35 city of New York, provided that such commissioner shall consult with 36 disability advisory bodies to the authority and external disability 37 advocacy organizations when making such appointment; and each of seven 38 other members other than the [chairman] chairperson shall be appointed 39 after selection from a written list of three recommendations from the 40 chief executive officer of the county in which the particular member is 41 required to reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of 42 the members appointed on recommendation of the chief executive officer 43 of a county, one such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a 44 resident of the county of Nassau; one a resident of the county of 45 Suffolk; one a resident of the county of Westchester; and one a resident 46 of the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a 47 resident of the county of Putnam and one a resident of the county of 48 Rockland, provided that the term of any member who is a resident of a 49 county that has withdrawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation 50 district pursuant to section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title 51 shall terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from 52 such district. Of the five members, other than the [chairman] chair- 53 person, appointed by the governor without recommendation from any other 54 person, three shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of the 55 city of New York and two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents 56 of such city or of any of the aforementioned counties in the metropol-
A. 1162 5 1 itan commuter transportation district. Provided however, notwithstanding 2 the foregoing residency requirement, one of the five voting members 3 appointed by the governor without recommendation from any other person, 4 other than the [chairman] chairperson, may be the director of the New 5 York state division of the budget, and provided further that, in the 6 event of such appointment, the budget director's membership in the 7 authority shall be deemed ex-officio. The [chairman] chairperson and 8 each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided 9 however, that the [chairman] chairperson first appointed shall serve for 10 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that 11 thirty days after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two 12 thousand nine which amended this paragraph, the term of the [chairman] 13 chairperson shall expire; provided, further, that such [chairman] chair- 14 person may continue to discharge the duties of [his] their office until 15 the position of [chairman] chairperson is filled by appointment by the 16 governor upon the advice and consent of the senate and the term of such 17 new [chairman] chairperson shall terminate June thirtieth, two thousand 18 fifteen. [The sixteen] Sixteen of the other members first appointed 19 shall serve for the following terms: The members from the counties of 20 Nassau and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending June thirti- 21 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the county of 22 Suffolk and from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland 23 shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 24 ninety-two; two of the members appointed on recommendation of the mayor 25 of the city of New York shall each serve for a term ending June thirti- 26 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and, two shall each serve for a term 27 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one; two of the members 28 appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any other person 29 shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred 30 eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine- 31 teen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June thirti- 32 eth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. The members from the counties of 33 Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall cast one collective vote. 34 § 4. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public 35 authorities law, as added by section 3 of subpart B of part ZZZ of chap- 36 ter 59 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 37 (c) (i) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, 38 the term of any voting member shall expire upon the expiration of the 39 term in office being served by the county elected official upon whose 40 recommendation they were appointed; provided, however, that in such 41 circumstance such member may serve as a holdover appointee for sixty 42 days, or until such time as a new member is appointed, whichever is 43 less. The term of any member appointed to replace such a holdover 44 appointee shall expire at the end of the term in office of the county 45 elected official upon whose recommendation such member was appointed. If 46 a county elected official leaves office because of death, resignation, 47 removal or disability, however, a member appointed upon such official's 48 recommendation shall continue to serve until such time as such county 49 elected office is filled, at which time such member will become a hold- 50 over appointee and may serve for sixty days, or until such time as a new 51 member is appointed, whichever is less. 52 (ii) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, the 53 term of any [chairman] chairperson or any voting member shall expire 54 upon the expiration of the term in office being served by the city or 55 state elected official upon whose recommendation they were appointed; 56 provided, however, that in such circumstance the [chairman] chairperson
A. 1162 6 1 or such member may serve as a holdover appointee until such time as a 2 new [chairman] chairperson or member is appointed. The term of any 3 [chairman] chairperson or member appointed to replace such a holdover 4 appointee shall expire at the end of the term in office of the city or 5 state elected official upon whose recommendation such [chairman] chair- 6 person or member was appointed. 7 (iii) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, the 8 term of the voting member appointed on the written recommendation of the 9 commissioner of the New York city mayor's office for people with disa- 10 bilities shall expire upon the expiration of the term in office being 11 served by the mayor of the city of New York; provided, however, that in 12 such circumstance such member may serve as a holdover appointee for 13 sixty days, or until such time as a new member is appointed, whichever 14 is sooner. The term of any member appointed to replace such holdover 15 appointee shall expire at the end of the term in office of the mayor of 16 the city of New York. 17 (iv) The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to the voting 18 members appointed on the written recommendations of the New York city 19 transit authority advisory council, the Metro-North rail commuter coun- 20 cil, the Long Island Rail Road commuter's council, as described in para- 21 graph (a) of subdivision one of this section. 22 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 1263 of the public authorities law, as 23 amended by chapter 55 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 2. The [chairman] chairperson and the first vice [chairman] chair- 26 person shall be paid a salary in the amount determined by the authority; 27 the other members shall not receive a salary or other compensation. Each 28 member, including the [chairman] chairperson and the first vice [chair- 29 man] chairperson, shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and 30 necessary expenses incurred in the performance of [his or her] their 31 official duties. 32 § 6. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 1263 of the public 33 authorities law, as amended by chapter 506 of the laws of 2009, is 34 amended to read as follows: 35 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the [chair- 36 man] chairperson shall be the chief executive officer of the authority 37 and shall be responsible for the discharge of the executive and adminis- 38 trative functions and powers of the authority. The [chairman] chair- 39 person may appoint an executive director and such other officials and 40 employees as shall in [his or her] their judgment be needed to discharge 41 the executive and administrative functions and powers of the authority. 42 § 7. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 1263 of the public 43 authorities law, as amended by section 1 of chapter 425 of the laws of 44 2018, is amended to read as follows: 45 (b) The [chairman] chairperson shall establish committees to assist 46 [him] them in the performance of [his] their duties and shall appoint 47 members of the authority to such committees. Among such committees, 48 there shall be a committee on operations of the New York city transit 49 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority 50 and the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority; a committee on 51 operations of the Long Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban 52 bus authority; a committee on operations of the Metro-North commuter 53 railroad; a committee on operations of the Triborough bridge and tunnel 54 authority; a committee on finance; a committee on capital program over- 55 sight; and a committee on safety. In addition to such appointed members, 56 each of the [non-voting] members recommended by the New York city trans-
A. 1162 7 1 it authority advisory council, the Metro-North rail commuter council, 2 and the Long Island Rail Road commuter's council referred to in [subpar- 3 agraph two of] paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section shall 4 serve on the committee on capital program oversight, the committee on 5 finance, the committee on safety, the committee on operations of the 6 Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, and the operations committee 7 relevant to the commuter council that recommended such member. [The 8 alternate non-voting members shall each serve on the respective oper- 9 ations committee relevant to the commuter council that recommended each 10 member.] The committee on capital program oversight and the committee on 11 safety shall include not less than three members, and shall include the 12 chairpersons of the committee on operations of the New York city transit 13 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority 14 and the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, the committee 15 on operations of the Long Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban 16 bus authority, and the committee on operations of the Metro-North commu- 17 ter railroad. The committee on safety shall convene at least once annu- 18 ally and each committee chairperson, that is a member of the committee 19 on safety, shall report to the committee on safety any and all initi- 20 atives, concerns, improvements, or failures involving the safety of: (1) 21 customers; (2) employees; and (3) the public at large, in relation to 22 authority facilities and services. The capital program committee shall, 23 with respect to any approved or proposed capital program plans, (i) 24 monitor the current and future availability of funds to be utilized for 25 such plans approved or proposed to be submitted to the metropolitan 26 transportation capital program review board as provided in section 27 twelve hundred sixty-nine-b of this title; (ii) monitor the contract 28 awards of the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York 29 city transit authority to insure that such awards are consistent with 30 (A) provisions of law authorizing United States content and New York 31 state content; (B) collective bargaining agreements; (C) provisions of 32 law providing for participation by minority and women-owned businesses; 33 (D) New York state labor laws; (E) competitive bidding requirements 34 including those regarding sole source contracts; and (F) any other rele- 35 vant requirements established by law; (iii) monitor the award of 36 contracts to determine if such awards are consistent with the manner in 37 which the work was traditionally performed in the past provided, howev- 38 er, that any such determination shall not be admissible as evidence in 39 any arbitration or judicial proceeding; (iv) review the relationship 40 between capital expenditures pursuant to each such capital program plan 41 and current and future operating budget requirements; (v) monitor the 42 progress of capital elements described in each capital program plan 43 approved as provided in section twelve hundred sixty-nine-b of this 44 title; (vi) monitor the expenditures incurred and to be incurred for 45 each such element; and (vii) identify capital elements not progressing 46 on schedule, ascertain responsibility therefor and recommend those 47 actions required or appropriate to accelerate their implementation. The 48 capital program committee shall issue a quarterly report on its activ- 49 ities and findings, and shall in connection with the preparation of such 50 quarterly report, consult with the state division of the budget, the 51 state department of transportation, the members of the metropolitan 52 transportation authority capital program review board, and any other 53 group the committee deems relevant, including public employee organiza- 54 tions, and, at least annually, with a nationally recognized independent 55 transit engineering firm. Such report shall be made available to the 56 members of the authority, to the members of the metropolitan transporta-
A. 1162 8 1 tion authority capital program review board, and the directors of the 2 municipal assistance corporation for the city of New York. 3 § 8. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 1263 of the public 4 authorities law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 425 of the laws of 5 2018, is amended to read as follows: 6 (b) The [chairman] chairperson shall establish committees to assist 7 [him] them in the performance of [his] their duties and shall appoint 8 members of the authority to such committees. Among such committees, 9 there shall be a committee on operations of the New York city transit 10 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority 11 and the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority; a committee on 12 operations of the Long Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban 13 bus authority; a committee on operations of the Metro-North commuter 14 railroad; a committee on operations of the Triborough bridge and tunnel 15 authority; a committee on finance; a committee on capital program over- 16 sight; and a committee on safety. The committee on capital program over- 17 sight shall include not less than four members, and shall include the 18 chairpersons of the committee on operations of the New York city transit 19 authority, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority 20 and the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, the committee 21 on operations of the Long Island Rail Road and the metropolitan suburban 22 bus authority, the committee on operations of the Metro-North commuter 23 railroad, and the committee on safety. The committee on safety shall 24 convene at least once annually and each committee chairperson, that is a 25 member of the committee on safety, shall report to the committee on 26 safety any and all initiatives, concerns, improvements, or failures 27 involving the safety of: (1) customers; (2) employees; and (3) the 28 public at large, in relation to authority facilities and services. The 29 capital program committee shall, with respect to any approved or 30 proposed capital program plans, (i) monitor the current and future 31 availability of funds to be utilized for such plans approved or proposed 32 to be submitted to the metropolitan transportation capital program 33 review board as provided in section twelve hundred sixty-nine-b of this 34 title; (ii) monitor the contract awards of the metropolitan transporta- 35 tion authority and the New York city transit authority to insure that 36 such awards are consistent with (A) provisions of law authorizing United 37 States content and New York state content; (B) collective bargaining 38 agreements; (C) provisions of law providing for participation by minori- 39 ty and women-owned businesses; (D) New York state labor laws; (E) 40 competitive bidding requirements including those regarding sole source 41 contracts; and (F) any other relevant requirements established by law; 42 (iii) monitor the award of contracts to determine if such awards are 43 consistent with the manner in which the work was traditionally performed 44 in the past provided, however, that any such determination shall not be 45 admissible as evidence in any arbitration or judicial proceeding; (iv) 46 review the relationship between capital expenditures pursuant to each 47 such capital program plan and current and future operating budget 48 requirements; (v) monitor the progress of capital elements described in 49 each capital program plan approved as provided in section twelve hundred 50 sixty-nine-b of this title; (vi) monitor the expenditures incurred and 51 to be incurred for each such element; and (vii) identify capital 52 elements not progressing on schedule, ascertain responsibility therefor 53 and recommend those actions required or appropriate to accelerate their 54 implementation. The capital program committee shall issue a quarterly 55 report on its activities and findings, and shall in connection with the 56 preparation of such quarterly report, consult with the state division of
A. 1162 9 1 the budget, the state department of transportation, the members of the 2 metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board and 3 any other group the committee deems relevant, including public employee 4 organizations, and, at least annually, with a nationally recognized 5 independent transit engineering firm. Such report shall be made avail- 6 able to the members of the authority, to the members of the metropolitan 7 transportation authority capital program review board, and the directors 8 of the municipal assistance corporation for the city of New York. 9 § 9. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 4 of section 1263 of the 10 public authorities law, paragraph (c) as added by chapter 247 of the 11 laws of 1990, paragraph (d) as added by section 5 of part H of chapter 12 25 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows: 13 (c) The [chairman] chairperson shall ensure that at every meeting of 14 the board and at every meeting of each committee the public shall be 15 allotted a period of time, not less than thirty minutes, to speak on any 16 topic on the agenda. 17 (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section twen- 18 ty-eight hundred twenty-four of this chapter or any other provision of 19 law to the contrary, the [chairman] chairperson shall not participate in 20 establishing authority policies regarding the payment of salary, compen- 21 sation, and reimbursement to, nor establish rules for the time and 22 attendance of, the chief executive officer. The salary of the [chairman] 23 chairperson, as determined pursuant to subdivision two of this section, 24 shall also be compensation for all services performed as chief executive 25 officer. 26 § 10. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 27 ments to paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public 28 authorities law made by section two of this act shall be subject to the 29 expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 3 of 30 chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, when upon such date the 31 provisions of section three of this act shall take effect; and provided 32 further that the amendments to paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 33 1263 of the public authorities law made by section seven of this act 34 shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such subdivision 35 pursuant to section 3 of chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, as amended, 36 when upon such date the provisions of section eight of this act shall 37 take effect.