New York Assembly Bill A05793 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5793 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring fare parity for paratransit services operated by certain authorities 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 provisions of law, or the terms of any 4 contract, where the authority offers paratransit service to provide 5 public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or 6 health conditions that prevent them from using the public buses and 7 subways operated by the authority for some or all of their trips, such 8 paratransit service shall be made available at the same fares for indi- 9 viduals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize 10 the public buses and subways operated by the authority. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09850-01-5