New York S 4886: Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority

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S04886 Summary:

BILL NOS04886A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07900-A

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SPONSORGONZALEZ

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COSPNSRHOYLMAN-SIGAL, KRUEGER, LIU, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1266 & 1205, add §§1279-j & 1204-g, Pub Auth L

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Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority for the purpose of maintaining customer privacy; provides certain exceptions when such data can be disclosed.

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BILL NOS04886A

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

04/07/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

04/07/2025PRINT NUMBER 4886A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4886--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. GONZALEZ, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
 the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan
 commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit
 authority

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
 3 20. (a) If a passenger station's entry system requires the use of a
 4 card, token, or other device in order to enter the passenger station,
 5 then (i) such card, token, or other device shall be available for
 6 purchase, including by cash, throughout all hours of operation of the
 7 passenger station, (ii) such card, token, or other device shall not be
 8 registered to or otherwise associated with the identity of any individ-
 9 ual, and (iii) such card, token, or other device shall not cost in
 10 excess of the present-day value of five dollars as of January first, two
 11 thousand twenty-five.
 12 (b) If a passenger station's entry system permits the use of a card,
 13 token, or other device in order to enter the passenger station at a
 14 reduced fare or free-of-charge, then such card, token, or other device
 15 for reduced fare or free-of-charge entry shall be exempt from the
 16 requirements of paragraph (a) of this subdivision, except that registra-
 17 tion or association of such card, token, or other device with the iden-
 18 tity of an individual shall be used only for the purposes of (i)
 19 confirming a prospective user's request for eligibility for such card,
 20 token, or other device or (ii) deactivating and replacing such card,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09533-03-5

 S. 4886--A 2

 1 token, or other device if lost or stolen, upon request of the person who
 2 requested and obtained such card, token, or other device.
 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1279-j to read as follows:
 5 § 1279-j. Customer privacy. 1. For the purposes of this section, the
 6 following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Data subject" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
 8 pursuant to subdivision three of section ninety-two of the public offi-
 9 cers law.
 10 (b) "Disclose" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
 11 pursuant to subdivision four of section ninety-two of the public offi-
 12 cers law.
 13 (c) "Police agency" shall have the same meaning as such term is
 14 defined pursuant to subdivision eight of section eight hundred thirty-
 15 five of the executive law.
 16 (d) "Law enforcement agency" shall mean any agency which is empowered
 17 by law to conduct an investigation or to make an arrest for a crime, and
 18 any agency which is authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the
 19 prosecution of a crime, and shall include any agency that primarily
 20 enforces immigration law.
 21 (e