Bill Text: NY A04399 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agencies; provides that the MTA hold a public hearing on any proposed closings; allows the MTA to not comply with the filing provisions for emergency repairs or repairs that cause the station to close for less than twenty-four hours.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-19 - enacting clause stricken [A04399 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04399-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4399 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the MTA to post a schedule of station closings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1277 of the public authorities 2 law, as added by chapter 521 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. [A public hearing or hearings shall be held at least thirty days5prior to the closure of any transportation facility due to construction,6improvement, reconstruction or rehabilitation where such facility will7be out-of-service for ninety days or longer.] a. Whenever the authority 8 will close a station for a period of time in excess of twenty-four 9 hours, the authority, at least six months prior to such scheduled clos- 10 ing date, must file a copy of such scheduled closings with the state 11 comptroller, the New York city controller, the New York city office of 12 economic development, all affected community boards, and any local, 13 state, or federal elected official. 14 b. The authority shall be required to hold a public hearing after the 15 filing of the scheduled closings but prior to such closing date. Public 16 hearings required by this subdivision shall be held at one or more 17 locations conveniently accessible to the persons who would be affected 18 by such closure. 19 c. The authority shall not close any station for one week commencing 20 on the fourth Wednesday in November. 21 d. The authority shall not be required to comply with the provisions 22 of this subdivision for any closing that results from emergency repair 23 or any closing that will be less than twenty-four hours in duration. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any 25 station closings that occur no sooner than seven months after such 26 effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04426-02-9