Bill Text: NY S06430 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that in formulating its capital program plans, the metropolitan transportation authority shall develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-12-02 - approval memo.21 [S06430 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S06430-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6430 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE June 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. LBD13122-01-9