New York A 1409: Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot

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A01409 Summary:

BILL NOA01409 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08333

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSRCarroll R, Simon, Weprin, Benedetto, Otis, Braunstein, Anderson

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1205, Pub Auth L; amd §15-b, Transp L

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Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot to include an additional 1,200 users.

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BILL NOA01409 

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01/09/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1409

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, R. CARROLL, SIMON, WEPRIN, BENEDETTO,
 OTIS, BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corpo-
 rations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the transportation law,
 in relation to extending and expanding the scope of the on-demand
 E-hail paratransit pilot

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1205 of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended and a new
 3 subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
 4 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
 5 no zonal system of fares proposed to be instituted on or after March
 6 first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight for the use of the whole or any part
 7 of a rapid transit facility or of an omnibus line facility or a para-
 8 transit service operated by the authority and no general revision of the
 9 system of transfers applicable to the use of all such facilities in
 10 effect as of that date shall be established without the written approval
 11 of the mayor. For the purposes of this subdivision the term "zonal
 12 system of fares" shall mean any system whereby the fare payable for the
 13 use of a rapid transit facility or an omnibus line facility or any para-
 14 transit service operated by the authority or of any part thereof varies
 15 according to distance traveled or to the location of the point of entry
 16 or departure by the user, but the creation or elimination of free trans-
 17 fer points shall not be regarded as the institution of such a system.
 18 9. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail
 19 paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created by the metropolitan
 20 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users
 21 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi-
 22 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03120-01-5

 A. 1409 2

 1 b. The authority shall continue to operate the on-demand E-hail para-
 2 transit pilot through March thirty-first, two thousand twenty-seven, as
 3 provided by subdivision five-a of section fifteen-b of the transporta-
 4 tion law.
 5 c. Fares for rides for the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot shall be
 6 equal to the authority's base fare for bus and subway services. Hours of
 7 service for such pilot shall be the same as the authority's hours of
 8 service for bus, subway, and other paratransit services. The length,
 9 duration and number of on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot rides avail-
 10 able to each user enrolled in the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot
 11 shall not be limited or restricted.
 12 § 2. Section 15-b of the transportation law is amended by adding a new
 13 subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
 14 5-a. a. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "on-demand E-hail
 15 paratransit pilot" shall mean the service created by the metropolitan
 16 transportation authority in two thousand seventeen, through which users
 17 of the authority's Access-A-Ride paratransit program can receive immedi-
 18 ate rides using a smartphone app or phone service.
 19 b. The metropolitan transportation authority shall continue to operate
 20 the on-demand E-hail paratransit