New York A 1619: Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law

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A01619 Summary:

BILL NOA01619 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRGlick, Dinowitz, Colton, Paulin

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MLTSPNSREpstein

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law.

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BILL NOA01619 

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01/10/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 1619

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, DINOWITZ, COLTON, PAULIN --
 Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to
 the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to eliminating
 the metropolitan commuter transportation authority's environmental
 quality review exemption

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 11 of section 1266 of the public author-
 2 ities law, subdivision 3 as amended and subdivision 11 as added by chap-
 3 ter 314 of the laws of 1981, are amended to read as follows:
 4 3. The authority may establish, levy and collect or cause to be estab-
 5 lished, levied and collected and, in the case of a joint service
 6 arrangement, join with others in the establishment, levy and collection
 7 of such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges and other fees as it may
 8 deem necessary, convenient or desirable for the use and operation of any
 9 transportation facility and related services operated by the authority
 10 or by a subsidiary corporation of the authority or under contract, lease
 11 or other arrangement, including joint service arrangements, with the
 12 authority. Any such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other fees
 13 for the transportation of passengers shall be established and changed
 14 only if approved by resolution of the authority adopted by not less than
 15 a majority vote of the whole number of members of the authority then in
 16 office, with the [chairman] chair having one additional vote in the
 17 event of a tie vote, and only after a public hearing, provided however,
 18 that fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charges or other fees for the trans-
 19 portation of passengers on any transportation facility which are in
 20 effect at the time that the then owner of such transportation facility
 21 becomes a subsidiary corporation of the authority or at the time that
 22 operation of such transportation facility is commenced by the authority
 23 or is commenced under contract, lease or other arrangement, including

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04425-01-5

 A. 1619 2

 1 joint service arrangements, with the authority may be continued in
 2 effect without such a hearing. Such fares, tolls, rentals, rates, charg-
 3 es and other fees shall be established as may in the judgment of the
 4 authority be necessary to maintain the combined operations of the
 5 authority and its subsidiary corporations on a self-sustaining basis.
 6 The said operations shall be deemed to be on a self-sustaining basis as
 7 required by this title, when the authority is able to pay or cause to be
 8 paid from revenue and any other funds or property actually available to
 9 the authority and its subsidiary corporations (a) as the same shall
 10 become due, the principal of and interest on the bonds and notes and
 11 other obligations of the authority and of such subsidiary corporations,
 12 together with the maintenance of proper reserves therefor, (b) the cost
 13 and expense of keeping the properties and assets of the authority and
 14 its subsidiary corporations in good condition and repair, and (c) the
 15 capital and operating expenses of the authority and its subsidiary
 16 corporations. The authority may contract with the holders of bonds and
 17 not