New York A 3413: Relates to renaming the bridges of the state highway system after New York state's medal of honor recipients

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A03413 Summary:

BILL NOA03413 

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SAME ASSAME AS S05749

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SPONSOREachus

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COSPNSRBarrett, Walker, Brabenec, Slater

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1263, Pub Auth L

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Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority.

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BILL NOA03413 

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01/27/2025referred 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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 3413

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS, BARRETT, WALKER, BRABENEC, SLATER -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and
 Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to granting each
 of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and
 Rockland on the metropolitan transportation authority a vote

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section
 2 1263 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 68 of the laws
 3 of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (1) There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori-
 5 ty." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a
 6 public benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a chair-
 7 person, sixteen other voting members, and two non-voting and four alter-
 8 nate non-voting members, as described in subparagraph two of this para-
 9 graph appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of
 10 the senate. Any member appointed to a term commencing on or after June
 11 thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have experience in one or more of the
 12 following areas: transportation, public administration, business manage-
 13 ment, finance, accounting, law, engineering, land use, urban and
 14 regional planning, management of large capital projects, labor
 15 relations, or have experience in some other area of activity central to
 16 the mission of the authority. Four of the sixteen voting members other
 17 than the chairperson shall be appointed on the written recommendation of
 18 the mayor of the city of New York; and each of seven other voting
 19 members other than the chairperson shall be appointed after selection
 20 from a written list of three recommendations from the chief executive
 21 officer of the county in which the particular member is required to
 22 reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision. Of the members
 23 appointed on recommendation of the chief executive officer of a county,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06678-01-5

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 1 one such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a resident of the
 2 county of Nassau, one a resident of the county of Suffolk, one a resi-
 3 dent of the county of Westchester, one a resident of the county of
 4 Dutchess, one a resident of the county of Orange, one a resident of the
 5 county of Putnam and one a resident of the county of Rockland, provided
 6 that the term of any member who is a resident of a county that has with-
 7 drawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation district pursuant to
 8 section twelve hundred seventy-nine-b of this title shall terminate upon
 9 the effective date of such county's withdrawal from such district. Of
 10 the five voting members, other than the chairperson, appointed by the
 11 governor without recommendation from any other person, three shall be,
 12 at the time of appointment, residents of the city of New York and two
 13 shall be, at the time of appointment, residents of such city or of any
 14 of the aforementioned counties in the metropolitan commuter transporta-
 15 tion district. Provided however, notwithstanding the foregoing residency
 16 requirement, one of the five voting members appointed by the governor
 17