Bill Text: NY S08328 | 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 8-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-23 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [S08328 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08328-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8328

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 11, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        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.
    17    § 2. Section 1205 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
    18  new subdivision 9 to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16314-03-0

        S. 8328                             2

     1    9.  Subject to the provisions of this section and any other applicable
     2  provisions of law, the  authority  or  the  metropolitan  transportation
     3  authority  shall  require  that the levels of service furnished upon the
     4  rapid transit facilities it maintains in the  city  of  New  York  shall
     5  provide continuous daily service for twenty-four hours a day except when
     6  a  declared state of emergency is in effect. In the event of a reduction
     7  in service during a declared state  of  emergency,  there  shall  be  no
     8  substantial  or  general  change in the levels of service furnished upon
     9  such rapid transit facilities after the emergency has been lifted  rela-
    10  tive  to the time before such state of emergency declaration except upon
    11  the approval of a majority of the entire  board  of  the  authority  and
    12  approval of a majority of the entire board of the metropolitan transpor-
    13  tation  authority.  No  substantial  or general changes in the levels of
    14  service or complete or partial closing of a passenger station within the
    15  city of New York shall occur except in accordance with this article.
    16    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 1264 of the public authorities  law,  as
    17  amended  by section 2 of subpart B of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws
    18  of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    19    1. The purposes of the authority shall  be  the  continuance,  further
    20  development   and  improvement  of  commuter  transportation  and  other
    21  services related thereto within the metropolitan commuter transportation
    22  district, including but not limited to such transportation by  railroad,
    23  omnibus,  marine  and  air,  in  accordance  with the provisions of this
    24  title. It shall be the further purpose of the authority, consistent with
    25  its status as the ex officio board of both the  New  York  city  transit
    26  authority  and  the [triborough] Triborough bridge and tunnel authority,
    27  to develop and implement a unified mass transportation policy  for  such
    28  district in an efficient and cost-effective manner that includes mainte-
    29  nance  of  continuous  operations of the New York City transit authority
    30  railroad facilities and levels of service on a  daily  twenty-four  hour
    31  basis  unless  a declared state of emergency is in effect and the use of
    32  design-build  contracting  on  all  projects  over  twenty-five  million
    33  dollars  in  cost except where a waiver is granted by the New York state
    34  budget director pursuant to a request in writing from  the  metropolitan
    35  transportation  authority. For purposes of granting a waiver pursuant to
    36  this section, such  review  shall  consider  whether  the  design  build
    37  contracting  method  is  appropriate for the project that such waiver is
    38  sought for, and the amount of savings and  efficiencies  that  could  be
    39  achieved  using  such method. The determination for such waiver shall be
    40  made in writing within forty-five days from request or shall  be  deemed
    41  granted.
    42    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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