New York S 2263: Provides regulatory control of Internet service providers by the public service commission, requires Internet neutrality and relates to the placement of equipment on utility poles

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S02263 Summary:

BILL NOS02263 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05230

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §361-c, Pub Auth L; amd §20, Hway L; add §2505-c, Pub Health L

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Establishes the lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act.

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BILL NOS02263 

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2263

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the highway law and the
 public health law, in relation to establishing the lactation accommo-
 dation in public transportation facilities act

 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 "lactation accommodation in public transportation facilities act".
 3 § 2. Section 361-c of the public authorities law, as added by chapter
 4 876 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 361-c. [Tourist information] Service facilities. 1. The authority
 6 shall provide tourist information services at all service areas where
 7 food is offered for sale, provided that: the department of commerce and
 8 or local and regional tourist promotion agencies shall provide the
 9 authority with ample supplies of such literature and brochures necessary
 10 for distribution to the traveling public.
 11 2. When there is construction of a new service area, or the replace-
 12 ment, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing service area,
 13 the authority shall provide a private room for nursing mothers at all
 14 service areas where food is offered for sale. A private room for nursing
 15 mothers must meet the following conditions:
 16 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
 17 (b) is located outside the confinement of a public restroom.
 18 § 3. Section 20 of the highway law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 19 sion 5 to read as follows:
 20 5. When there is construction of a new roadside rest area, or the
 21 replacement, expansion, or substantial renovation of an existing road-
 22 side rest area which has a restroom along New York interstate eighty-
 23 seven between exit one in the town of Guilderland and exit forty-three
 24 in the town of Champlain, commonly known as state route eighty-seven or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03553-01-5

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 1 the northway, the commissioner shall provide for a private room or area
 2 for nursing mothers. For purposes of this section, a private room for
 3 nursing mothers shall: (a) include, at a minimum, a chair and an elec-
 4 trical outlet; and (b) be located outside the confinement of a public
 5 restroom.
 6 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2505-c
 7 to read as follows:
 8 § 2505-c. Private place for nursing mothers. 1. On or before January
 9 first, two thousand twenty-six, the manager of a railroad station or bus
 10 station, consisting of an indoor waiting area with public restrooms,
 11 operated by a city, county, city and county, state, or public benefit
 12 corporation, that conducts commercial operations and that has more than
 13 five hundred thousand passengers a year, shall provide a room or other
 14 location for members of the public to express breast milk in private
 15 that meets both of the following conditions:
 16 (a) includes, at a minimum, a chair and an electrical outlet; and
 17 (b) is located outside of the confines of a public restroom.
 18 2. Upon construction of a new station that has indoor waiting areas
 19 with public restrooms or the replacement, expansion, or renovation of an
 20 existing station, a railroad or bus station shall provide a sink in any
 21 room or other location designated to comply with th