New York S 7996: Relates to open data reporting by the metropolitan transportation authority

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S07996 Summary:

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Amd §1279-i, Pub Auth L

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Requires the metropolitan transportation authority submit to the legislature and publish on its shared internet website an annual open data plan; requires the MTA to publish all customer surveys and complaint data, incident report data, police incident and arrest data collected by the authority or any of its affiliates and subsidiaries no later than January 1, 2026.

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7996

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 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 open data
 reporting by the metropolitan transportation authority

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1279-i of the public authorities
 2 law, as added by chapter 482 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 4. The authority and its subsidiaries and affiliates shall make their
 5 publishable MTA data available on its website and the open data website
 6 as follows:
 7 (a) The authority shall create a catalogue of publishable MTA data
 8 within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this section.
 9 Such catalogue shall be updated as necessary, but at a minimum annually;
 10 (b) The metropolitan transportation authority shall within one hundred
 11 eighty days of the effective date of this section, submit to the legis-
 12 lature and publish on its shared internet website a schedule for making
 13 its publishable MTA data publicly available. Such schedule shall provide
 14 for updating the data catalogue as appropriate; [and]
 15 (c) The metropolitan transportation authority shall create schedules
 16 for publishing all publishable MTA data within three years of the effec-
 17 tive date of this section[.];
 18 (d) The metropolitan transportation authority shall submit to the
 19 legislature and publish on its shared internet website an annual open
 20 data plan that includes, but is not limited to, a listing of the new
 21 datasets published, a listing of updated datasets, and information about
 22 public engagements sessions, number of full time staff dedicated to the
 23 open data initiative, and progress made in publishing datasets pursuant
 24 to the catalogue required by this section;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11298-01-5

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 1 (e) The metropolitan transportation authority shall publish all
 2 customer survey and complaint data collected by the authority or any of
 3 its affiliates and subsidiaries as required by this section no later
 4 than January first, two thousand twenty-six. Such published datasets
 5 shall include, but not be limited to, any tabular summary, quantifica-
 6 tion or table of the responses to a survey or complaint data, the number
 7 of participants of any such survey, a listing of all survey questions,
 8 the number of complaints or commendations received each month, and the
 9 type of complaint or commendation. Data regarding customer surveys,
 10 customer satisfaction, cleanliness, complaints, or commendations shall
 11 include the operating agency, line, station, stop or other location the
 12 customer responses or complaints are referring to. Such datasets shall
 13 also include, but not be limited to, any demographic data submitted by
 14 customers or complainants;
 15 (f) The metropolitan transportation authority shall publish all inci-
 16 dent report data collected by the authority or any of its affiliates and
 17 subsidiaries as required by this section no later than January first,
 18 two thousand twenty-six. Data regarding incidents shall include the
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