New York A 144: Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agencies

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A00144 Summary:

BILL NOA00144 

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SPONSOREichenstein

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Amd §1205, Pub Auth L

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Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agencies; provides that the MTA shall hold a public hearing on any proposed closings.

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BILL NOA00144 

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01/08/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 144

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
 MTA to post a schedule of station closings

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 1205 of the public authorities
 2 law, as amended by chapter 224 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 5. (a) Any complete or partial closing of a passenger station within
 5 the city of New York, or any means of public access to such facility,
 6 except for purposes of repair or renovation or in case of emergency
 7 shall be accomplished only if approved by resolution of the authority
 8 adopted by not less than a majority of the whole number of members of
 9 the authority then in office, and only after a public hearing. Such
 10 hearing shall be held not less than thirty days after notice of such
 11 proposed closing has been given to, and comments solicited from, the
 12 community board [as established pursuant to section eighty-four of the
 13 New York city charter] whose area of jurisdiction includes the station
 14 proposed to be closed or otherwise affected.
 15 (b) In the case of a planned complete closure of a passenger station
 16 for purposes of repair or renovation, where such station will be out of
 17 service for [sixty days] twenty-four hours or longer the MTA board shall
 18 adopt a policy, within ninety days of the effective date of the chapter
 19 of the laws of two thousand [nineteen] twenty-three which amended this
 20 subdivision, that will ensure adequate communication of such work to
 21 impacted stakeholders where such passenger station is located including
 22 but not limited to: elected representatives, senate and assembly repre-
 23 sentatives, and community boards at least [forty-five days] sixty days 
 24 prior to such closure. Such policy shall require the authority to notify

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00549-01-5

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 1 the local, state, and federal elected official or officials and affected
 2 community board or boards whose district contains a passenger station
 3 subject to a planned complete closure or is contiguous to a district
 4 that contains a passenger station subject to a planned complete closure
 5 located on the same line of service as the passenger station subject to
 6 closure in writing. Such written notice shall provide such board or
 7 boards with an option to request a presentation from the authority
 8 regarding such planned complete closure. Upon request from such board or
 9 boards the authority shall, at a date convenient to such board or boards
 10 prior to such closure, present information regarding such closure and
 11 related service alternatives and also allow for public comment. The
 12 policy shall also require that the authority provide notice to the
 13 public at least thirty days prior to such closure by: (i) posting notice
 14 in the passenger stations that are scheduled for closure; and (ii) post-
 15 ing notice on the authority's website and social media accounts; provid-
 16 ing information about the planned complete closure, service alterna-
 17 tives, and directions on how the public can provide comment to the
 18 authority regarding such closure. The authority shall