New York S 4317: Enacts the "Long Island power authority rate reform act"

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S04317 Summary:

BILL NOS04317 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05770

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§1204-g & 1205-b, Pub Auth L

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Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system.

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BILL NOS04317 

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4317

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 creating a
 New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and
 report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide for a moratorium
 on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains
 operated in passenger service in the New York city transit system

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "transit authority passenger security and safety act".
 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 4 1204-g to read as follows:
 5 § 1204-g. Minimum staffing of trains operated in passenger service. 1.
 6 The legislature finds that the presence of train conductors and train
 7 operators on subway trains operated by the authority is particularly
 8 essential to the safety of passengers when emergencies arise including
 9 when trains are in tunnels under bodies of water or on bridges, when
 10 trains are long or composed of numerous cars, and during periods of
 11 heavy passenger volume.
 12 2. The authority shall insure that at least one train operator and one
 13 conductor shall be deployed on each and every train in passenger service
 14 which meets one of the following conditions:
 15 a. The train is made up of more than four railroad cars or is greater
 16 than three hundred sixty feet in length; or
 17 b. The train serves passengers on a line that passes through a tunnel
 18 under a river or tidal estuary or on bridges; or
 19 c. The train is operating in passenger service on a line where the
 20 potential passenger load on the train at any point in time is in excess
 21 of seven hundred fifty passengers.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05575-01-5

 S. 4317 2

 1 § 3. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section
 2 1205-b to read as follows:
 3 § 1205-b. New York city transit authority safety advisory panel. 1.
 4 a. There is hereby created the New York city transit authority safety
 5 advisory panel, to study, monitor and make recommendations with respect
 6 to the public safety from terrorist threats and criminal mischief in
 7 passenger stations of the authority, its subsidiaries and the Staten
 8 Island rapid transit operating authority.
 9 b. The New York city transit authority safety advisory panel shall
 10 consist of seven members appointed by the governor, of whom two members
 11 shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of
 12 the senate and two members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
 13 the speaker of the assembly. The members of the New York city transit
 14 authority safety advisory panel shall be selected from the law enforce-
 15 ment, emergency response management, worker and rider advocate communi-
 16 ties and shall include at least three members who are commuters who
 17 regularly use the transportation services of the authorities referred to
 18 in paragraph a of this subdivision. The chairperson shall be a member
 19 selected by the membership of the committee. Vacancies occurring shall
 20 be filled in the same manner as the original appointme