Bill Text: NY S06816 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the name of the Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station to the Briarwood station; requires the MTA to update all signs and maps with the new name.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - VETOED MEMO.585 [S06816 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06816-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6816 I N S E N A T E March 13, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to rename a certain subway station THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station on the IND Queens 2 Boulevard line of the New York city subway is hereby named the Briarwood 3 station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs, maps, and any other item 4 issued by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the 5 station. 6 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 7 the MTA shall have up to 180 days to change all signs, maps, and other 8 items as required in section one of this act. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03942-01-3