Bill Text: NY A02393 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Renames the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue -- Little Haiti station".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02393 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02393-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2393

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BICHOTTE HERMELYN,  ROZIC  --  read once and
          referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN ACT in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on  the
          IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Upon a determination by the Metropolitan    Transportation
     2  Authority   or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient funds
     3  have been committed to   it   specifically   for   such   purpose,   the
     4  Metropolitan  Transportation  Authority,  the public benefit corporation
     5  created by section 1263 of the public   authorities law,   and  the  New
     6  York  City  Transit Authority, the public benefit corporation created by
     7  section 1201 of the  public   authorities law, shall  use  such  specif-
     8  ically  committed  funds  to rename the Newkirk Avenue subway station on
     9  the IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York city subway to the  Newkirk
    10  Avenue    -   Little Haiti  station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs
    11  and any  other  items  issued  by  the  MTA  are updated  to  accurately
    12  reflect the new name of the station within ten months.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately, and  shall  be deemed
    14  repealed  after  the  signs and any other items are accurately  updated.
    15  The chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    16  or  president of the New York City Transit Authority  shall  notify  the
    17  legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of such updates
    18  in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
    19  tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
    20  in furtherance of effectuating the provisions  of  section  44  of   the
    21  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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