Bill Text: NY S05899 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5899 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to install and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras in areas frequented by passengers at all subway stations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-31 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7016B [S05899 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05899-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         5899--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 22, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation  --  recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee on Transportation in accordance with Senate
          Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          metropolitan  transportation authority to install surveillance cameras
          at subway platforms

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

     1    Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as "Sedrick's
     2  law".
     3    § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
     4  1266-l to read as follows:
     5    §  1266-l.  Surveillance cameras; subway stations. The authority shall
     6  install and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras
     7  at all subway stations operated  by  the  authority.  Such  surveillance
     8  cameras  may be placed in all areas, including but not limited to, areas
     9  frequented by passengers and all train platforms.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06322-05-2