New York S 1601: Directs the MTA to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1601

Sponsors: Andrew J. Lanza, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

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S01601 Summary:

BILL NOS01601 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03751

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSRSCARCELLA-SPANTON

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Directs the MTA to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1601

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. LANZA, SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Trans-
 portation

 AN ACT in relation to directing the metropolitan transportation authori-
 ty to rename the Eltingville transit center the Iraq War and Afghanis-
 tan War Veterans' Memorial Transit Center; and providing for the
 repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Upon a determination by the metropolitan transportation
 2 authority or the New York city transit authority that sufficient funds
 3 have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
 4 itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
 5 section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
 6 it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of
 7 the public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
 8 to rename the Eltingville transit center of the metropolitan transporta-
 9 tion authority to the Iraq War and Afghanistan War Veterans' Memorial
 10 Transit Center. The MTA shall ensure that all signs and any other items
 11 issued by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the
 12 station within ten months.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be
 14 deemed repealed after the signs and any other items described in section
 15 one of this act are accurately updated. The chief executive officer of
 16 the metropolitan transportation authority or president of the New York
 17 city transit authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting
 18 commission upon the completion of such updates in order that the commis-
 19 sion may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the
 20 official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
 21 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
 22 section 70-b of the public officers law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02468-01-5

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