New York S 9186: Relates to a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain armed forces, firefighters, and police

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S09186 Summary:

BILL NOS09186 

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, to establish a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain active duty, reserves, retired armed forces members, firefighters, and police officers.

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02/12/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9186

 IN SENATE

 February 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CHAN -- 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 a no fare
 program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York
 city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company
 for certain armed forces members, firefighters, and police officers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
 2 law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
 5 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
 6 the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
 7 road Company, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
 8 portation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit
 9 authority systems, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for
 10 active duty, reserves, and retired armed forces members, including but
 11 not limited to, the armed forces of the United States, the army national
 12 guard, the air national guard, the New York naval militia, the New York
 13 guard, and such additional forces as may be created by the federal or
 14 state government as authorized by law and reserve armed forces; fire-
 15 fighters employed by or retired from service with fire departments and
 16 volunteer fire departments active within the metropolitan commuter
 17 transportation district, including but not limited to the New York city
 18 fire department, the port authority of New York and New Jersey's
 19 aircraft rescue and firefighting unit, and county and local fire depart-
 20 ments; and police officers employed by [the city of New York, county of
 21 Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of Suffolk, Suffolk
 22 county villages and towns,] or retired from service with county, city,
 23 town, and village police departments within the metropolitan commuter
 24 transportation district, the division of state police, the port authori-
 25 ty of New York and New Jersey, [the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
 26 ny,] the New York city housing authority and the [New York city transit

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13990-01-5

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 1 authority] metropolitan transportation authority police. In establishing
 2 such program, which has as its goal increased protection and improved
 3 safety for its commuters, the authority [and the Long Island Rail Road]
 4 shall, among other things, consider: (a) requiring active duty,
 5 reserves, and retired armed forces members, police officers and retired
 6 police officers, and firefighters and retired firefighters who ride
 7 without cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road, the New York
 8 city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company as
 9 a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such [officers] eligi-
 10 ble participants to indicate during such registration process their
 11 regular working hours, if applicable, and the [Long Island Rail Road
 12 trains] specific subw