New York A 6246: Relates to contracts to provide food services at transportation facilities and rest areas owned and operated by certain public authorities

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A06246 Summary:

BILL NOA06246 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07295

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SPONSORSimone (MS)

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COSPNSRBurdick, Glick, Gonzalez-Rojas, Kelles, Lunsford, Shimsky

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §390, Pub Auth L; amd Art 4, §1 of Chap 154 of 1921

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Requires that food services at transportation facilities and rest areas owned and operated by certain public authorities remain open seven days a week.

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BILL NOA06246 

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02/27/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6246

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURDICK,
 GLICK, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, KELLES, LUNSFORD, SHIMSKY -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and chapter 154 of the laws
 of 1921, relating to the port authority of New York and New Jersey, in
 relation to contracts to provide food services at authority owned and
 operated transportation facilities and rest areas

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 390 to read as follows:
 3 § 390. Contracts for food service. Any contracts entered into for the
 4 operation of food services or food concessions at public transportation
 5 facilities owned or operated by the authority shall require that such
 6 services be provided every day of the week. For the purposes of this
 7 section the term "public transportation facilities" shall mean and
 8 include thruway rest areas, service areas and welcome centers. The
 9 provisions of this section shall not apply to temporary concessions or
 10 events including farmers' markets, flea markets or local vendors
 11 licensed or permitted to operate by the authority. Nothing contained
 12 in this section shall impair any existing contract, award, or
 13 other agreement, except that any renewal, amendment, or modification of
 14 any such contract, award or agreement occurring on or after the effec-
 15 tive date of this section shall be subject to the conditions specified
 16 in this section.
 17 § 2. Subparagraph 6 of paragraph f of subdivision 3 of article IV of
 18 section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921, relating to the port
 19 authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by chapter 495 of the
 20 laws of 2023, is amended and a new subparagraph 7 is added to read as
 21 follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08290-01-5

 A. 6246 2

 1 (6) provide information concerning services for human trafficking
 2 victims in port authority bus terminals. 1. Any bus terminal maintained
 3 or operated by the port authority shall make available in plain view and
 4 in a conspicuous place and manner in the public restrooms and in any
 5 lactation rooms, informational cards and/or signs developed by:
 6 (a) the office of temporary and disability assistance in consultation
 7 with the New York state interagency task force on human trafficking; or
 8 (b) the United States Department of Homeland Security.
 9 2. All informational cards and signs shall only contain information
 10 concerning services for human trafficking victims and shall prominently
 11 include the national human trafficking hotline telephone number.
 12 3. For purposes of this section, "lactation room" shall mean a hygien-
 13 ic place, other than a restroom, that: (a) is shielded from view; (b) is
 14 free from intrusion; (c) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if
 15 the building is otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical
 16 outlet; and (d) is intended to be used for the primary purpose of
 17 breastfeeding or expressing breast milk[.]; and
 18 (7) establish a policy that contracts for the operation of food
 19 services or food concessions at transportation facilitie