New York A 1837: Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a review of security of metropolitan transportation authority facilities

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A01837 Summary:

BILL NOA01837 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05136

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SPONSORRajkumar (MS)

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COSPNSRRozic, Colton, Cook, Otis

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MLTSPNSRHyndman, Simon

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Amd §709, add §720, Exec L

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Directs the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to conduct a review and analysis of the security measures taken at the transportation facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries; requires such director to issue confidential reports of their findings and recommendations.

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BILL NOA01837 

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01/14/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1837

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR, ROZIC, COLTON, COOK, OTIS -- Multi-
 Sponsored by -- M. of A. HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creation of security
 measures for the transportation facilities of the metropolitan trans-
 portation authority

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (q) of subdivision 2 of section 709 of the execu-
 2 tive law, as amended by section 14 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws
 3 of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (q) request from any department, division, office, commission or other
 5 agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, or any public
 6 authority or public benefit corporation, and the same are authorized to
 7 provide, such assistance, services and data as may be required by the
 8 division of homeland security and emergency services in carrying out the
 9 purposes of this article, subject to applicable laws, rules, and regu-
 10 lations;
 11 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 720 to read
 12 as follows:
 13 § 720. Protection of critical infrastructure; metropolitan transporta-
 14 tion authority facilities. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 15 law, the commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency
 16 services shall conduct a review and analysis of measures being taken by
 17 the metropolitan transportation authority and any other agency or
 18 authority of the state or any political subdivision thereof and, to the
 19 extent practicable, of any federal entity, to protect the security of
 20 critical infrastructure related to the transportation facilities, which
 21 shall include those facilities set forth in subdivision seventeen of
 22 section twelve hundred sixty-one of the public authorities law and shall
 23 also include, for purposes of this section, bridges and tunnels of the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01806-01-5

 A. 1837 2

 1 metropolitan transportation authority and of all subsidiaries of such
 2 authority. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and
 3 emergency services shall have the authority to review any audits or
 4 reports related to the security of such critical infrastructure, includ-
 5 ing audits or reports conducted at the request of the metropolitan
 6 transportation authority or any other agency or authority of the state
 7 or any political subdivision thereof or, to the extent practicable, of
 8 any federal entity. The operators of such transportation facilities
 9 shall, in compliance with any federal and state requirements regarding
 10 the dissemination of such information, provide access to the commission-
 11 er of the division of homeland security and emergency services to such
 12 audits or reports regarding such critical infrastructure provided,
 13 however, that exclusive custody and control of such audits and reports
 14 shall remain solely with the operators of such transportation facili-
 15 ties. For the purposes of this article, the term "critical infrastruc-
 16 ture" has the meaning ascribed to that term in subdivisi