New York S 5552: Establishes the green accessible transition authority and establishes a for-hire vehicle improvement surcharge; appropriation

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S05552 Summary:

BILL NOS05552A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06635-A

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SPONSORSALAZAR

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COSPNSRSEPULVEDA

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 8 Title 7 §§1750 - 1766, Pub Auth L; add Art 29-E §§1299-aa - 1299-ff, Tax L

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Establishes the green accessible transition authority to promote the transition of the for-hire vehicle and other state industries to environmentally sustainable practices and increase universal accessibility of for-hire vehicles, paratransit services, and taxi services statewide; establishes a for-hire vehicle improvement surcharge for each for-hire transportation trip conducted in a transportation network company vehicle or by a high-volume for-hire service; makes an appropriation therefor.

Go to top S05552 Actions:

BILL NOS05552A

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02/24/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

03/31/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

03/31/2025PRINT NUMBER 5552A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5552--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 the green accessible transition authority; to amend the tax law, in
 relation to establishing a for-hire vehicle improvement surcharge; and
 making an appropriation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "green accessible transition act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and declaration. The legislature finds and
 4 declares that:
 5 1. New York State's For-Hire Vehicle (FHV) industry is at the center
 6 of three interlinked crises that impact FHV drivers, people with disa-
 7 bilities, and the environment.
 8 a. FHV driver poverty. Rideshare driver earnings are in the lowest 10%
 9 of all occupations in the United States. This led the City of New York
 10 to establish the first-ever pay regulations for app-based drivers, but
 11 long hours and low pay remain the norm for most of the for-hire vehicle
 12 industry's 91% immigrant, predominantly people of color workforce of
 13 over 60,000 active drivers in NYC and for thousands more drivers across
 14 the state. Earnings from trips are only half the problem. Union surveys
 15 indicate that on average, each driver must spend $31,000 per year for
 16 the things they need to do their job: a vehicle, gas, repairs, and
 17 insurance. Vehicle costs push drivers into poverty. Unfunded mandates
 18 to transition to electric vehicles, such as that of the City of New
 19 York's "Green Rides" program, risk deepening this crisis.
 20 b. Climate change. New York's fleet of rideshare vehicles is a major
 21 source of greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change. In New

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01021-03-5

 S. 5552--A 2

 1 York City alone, a fleet of 81,000 gasoline-fueled rideshare vehicles
 2 puts 1.4 million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, a 62%
 3 increase from 2013 to 2018 as the FHV fleet ballooned. Transportation
 4 generates approximately 30% of New York City's total carbon emissions,
 5 with the FHV fleet responsible for a substantial portion of this total.
 6 The massive increase in emissions from the FHV fleet has moved New York
 7 City away from the goal established by the City Council of zero carbon
 8 emissions by 2050. Statewide, rideshare vehicles are a disproportionate
 9 driver of greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change because
 10 they are on the road more hours than privately-used vehicles. Addi-
 11 tionally, the State is far behind the curve in meeting its emissions
 12 reductions and renewable energy production established by the Climate
 13 Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
 14 c. Wheelchair ac