New York A 4819: Provides for reimbursement of unused one-way, round trip, or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company

Status: REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4819

Sponsors: Eric Brown, Brian Maher, David McDonough, Jerett Gandolfo, Joe DeStefano, Karl Brabenec, Matthew Slater, Michael Durso

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A04819 Summary:

BILL NOA04819 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05120

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRGandolfo, DeStefano, Slater, McDonough, Brabenec, Maher, Durso

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§1266-n & 1266-o, Pub Auth L

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Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year.

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BILL NOA04819 

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02/06/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4819

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, GANDOLFO, DeSTEFANO, SLATER, McDONOUGH,
 BRABENEC, MAHER, DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to one-way,
 round trip or multi-trip tickets and tickets purchased after boarding
 the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
 ny

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

 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding two new
 2 sections 1266-n and 1266-o to read as follows:
 3 § 1266-n. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad
 4 Company; reimbursement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
 5 one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket not purchased for a specific
 6 month or unlimited travel, but purchased for use on the Long Island Rail
 7 Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall be valid for one
 8 year from the date of purchase and the authority shall reimburse one
 9 hundred percent of the purchase price of any unused Long Island Rail
 10 Road or Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company one-way, round trip or
 11 multi-trip ticket to the bearer of such ticket, provided that such tick-
 12 et is returned within one year of the date of purchase. The authority is
 13 prohibited from assessing any surcharge or processing fee for the return
 14 of any such unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket purchased
 15 for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
 16 road Company.
 17 § 1266-o. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad
 18 Company; fare after boarding. Additional train fare purchased after
 19 boarding by a passenger possessing a ticket with insufficient fare,
 20 shall be rounded up to the nearest quarter of a dollar.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 22 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06003-01-5

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