Bill Text: NY A10445 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the New York City transit authority to operate its facilities and level of service on a daily twenty-four hour basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect, requires the New York City transit authority or the metropolitan transportation authority to require that the levels of service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities maintained in the city of New York provide continuous service for twenty-four hours a day when a declared state of emergency is not in effect, and requires the Metropolitan transportation authority to require that the New York City transit authority railroad facilities and levels of service to be operated and maintained on a daily twenty-four hour basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-18 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A10445 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A10445-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10445 IN ASSEMBLY May 18, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Carroll) -- 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 New York City transit authority to operate its facilities and level of service on a daily twenty-four hour basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect, requiring the New York City transit authority or the metropolitan transportation authority subway system to require that the levels of service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities maintained in the city of New York provide continuous service for twenty-four hours a day when a declared state of emergency is not in effect, and requiring the metropolitan transportation authority to require the New York City transit authority railroad facilities and levels of service to be operated and maintained on a daily twenty-four hour basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1202 of the public authorities 2 law, as amended by section 12 of part O of chapter 61 of the laws of 3 2000, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. The purposes of the authority shall be the acquisition of the tran- 5 sit facilities operated by the board of transportation of the city, the 6 operation of transit facilities in accordance with the provisions of 7 this title for the convenience and safety of the public on a basis which 8 will enable the operations thereof, exclusive of capital costs, to be 9 self-sustaining and continuously operated on a daily twenty-four hour 10 basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect, and, in coordi- 11 nation with the metropolitan transportation authority and the Triborough 12 bridge and tunnel authority, the continuance, further development and 13 improvement of commuter transportation and other services related there- 14 to within the metropolitan commuter transportation district and the 15 development and implementation of a unified mass transportation policy 16 for such district. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16314-03-0A. 10445 2 1 § 2. Section 1205 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 9 to read as follows: 3 9. Subject to the provisions of this section and any other applicable 4 provisions of law, the authority or the metropolitan transportation 5 authority shall require that the levels of service furnished upon the 6 rapid transit facilities it maintains in the city of New York shall 7 provide continuous daily service for twenty-four hours a day except when 8 a declared state of emergency is in effect. In the event of a reduction 9 in service during a declared state of emergency, there shall be no 10 substantial or general change in the levels of service furnished upon 11 such rapid transit facilities after the emergency has been lifted rela- 12 tive to the time before such state of emergency declaration except upon 13 the approval of a majority of the entire board of the authority and 14 approval of a majority of the entire board of the metropolitan transpor- 15 tation authority. No substantial or general changes in the levels of 16 service or complete or partial closing of a passenger station within the 17 city of New York shall occur except in accordance with this article. 18 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 1264 of the public authorities law, as 19 amended by section 2 of subpart B of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws 20 of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 21 1. The purposes of the authority shall be the continuance, further 22 development and improvement of commuter transportation and other 23 services related thereto within the metropolitan commuter transportation 24 district, including but not limited to such transportation by railroad, 25 omnibus, marine and air, in accordance with the provisions of this 26 title. It shall be the further purpose of the authority, consistent with 27 its status as the ex officio board of both the New York city transit 28 authority and the [triborough] Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, 29 to develop and implement a unified mass transportation policy for such 30 district in an efficient and cost-effective manner that includes mainte- 31 nance of continuous operations of the New York City transit authority 32 railroad facilities and levels of service on a daily twenty-four hour 33 basis unless a declared state of emergency is in effect and the use of 34 design-build contracting on all projects over twenty-five million 35 dollars in cost except where a waiver is granted by the New York state 36 budget director pursuant to a request in writing from the metropolitan 37 transportation authority. For purposes of granting a waiver pursuant to 38 this section, such review shall consider whether the design build 39 contracting method is appropriate for the project that such waiver is 40 sought for, and the amount of savings and efficiencies that could be 41 achieved using such method. The determination for such waiver shall be 42 made in writing within forty-five days from request or shall be deemed 43 granted. 44 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
