STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2019
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        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  authorities law, in relation to capital
          program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority

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

     1    Section  1. Section 1269-b of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. In formulating its capital  program  plans,  the  authority  shall
     4  develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for
     5  accessibility  improvements.  Such  criteria  shall  include, but not be
     6  limited to:   citywide geographic coverage;  transit  transfer  options;
     7  annual ridership volume; census tract data for senior and disabled popu-
     8  lations  and  percentage  of  those  populations in poverty; residential
     9  density of surrounding neighborhoods; and proximity to medical  centers,
    10  schools,  parks,  business  districts, cultural hubs and senior centers.
    11  Such criteria shall be made publicly available as well as the  methodol-
    12  ogy used to establish the criteria.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





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