Bill Text: NY S08341 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 8341 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Renames the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue -- Little Haiti station".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-20 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S08341 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08341-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         8341--B

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --  commit-
          tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
          mitted to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the
          IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"

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

     1    Section  1.   Upon a determination by the Metropolitan  Transportation
     2  Authority  or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient  funds
     3  have  been  committed to   it   specifically   for   such  purpose,  the
     4  Metropolitan Transportation  Authority,  the public benefit  corporation
     5  created  by  section  1263 of the public   authorities law,  and the New
     6  York City Transit Authority, the public benefit corporation  created  by
     7  section  1201  of the   public   authorities law, shall use such specif-
     8  ically committed funds to rename the Newkirk Avenue  subway  station  on
     9  the  IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York city subway to the Newkirk
    10  Avenue  -  Little Haiti  station. The MTA shall ensure  that  all  signs
    11  and  any  other  items  issued  by  the  MTA  are updated  to accurately
    12  reflect the new name of the station within ten months.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and   shall    be  deemed
    14  repealed   after  the  signs and any other items are accurately updated.
    15  The chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
    16  or president of the New York City Transit Authority  shall  notify   the
    17  legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of such updates
    18  in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
    19  tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
    20  in  furtherance of effectuating the provisions  of  section  44  of  the
    21  legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15477-03-0