New York S 10459: Establishes in the city of New York a bicycle lane safety program to enforce certain restrictions on the use of bicycle lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes by means of bicycle lane photo devices

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S10459 Summary:

BILL NOS10459 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBOTTCHER

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COSPNSRBRISPORT, GONZALEZ, KRUEGER, RAMOS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §1111-j, V & T L

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Establishes in the city of New York a bicycle lane safety program to enforce certain restrictions on the use of bicycle lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes by means of bicycle lane photo devices.

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BILL NOS10459 

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05/15/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10459

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, BRISPORT, GONZALEZ, KRUEGER, RAMOS, SALA-
 ZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be commit-
 ted to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to the estab-
 lishment in the city of New York of a bicycle lane safety program; and
 providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The vehicle and traffic law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 1111-j to read as follows:
 3 § 1111-j. Owner liability for failure of operator to comply with bicy-
 4 cle lane restrictions. (a) 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of
 5 law, the city of New York is hereby authorized and empowered to estab-
 6 lish a bicycle lane safety program imposing monetary liability on the
 7 owner of a motor vehicle for failure of an operator thereof to comply
 8 with bicycle lane restrictions in such city in accordance with the
 9 provisions of this section. Such bicycle lane safety program shall
 10 empower the New York city department of transportation, for purposes of
 11 the implementation of such program, to install and operate bicycle lane
 12 photo devices on, within or in close proximity to bicycle lanes and/or
 13 protected bicycle lanes. Bicycle lane photo devices may be stationary or
 14 mobile and shall be activated at locations as determined by such depart-
 15 ment of transportation; provided, however, that there shall be no more
 16 than fifty bicycle lane photo devices located within such city.
 17 2. The city of New York shall adopt and enforce measures to protect
 18 the privacy of drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists whose iden-
 19 tity and identifying information may be captured by a bicycle lane photo
 20 device. Such measures shall include:
 21 (i) utilization of necessary technologies to ensure, to the extent
 22 practicable, that images produced by a bicycle lane photo device shall
 23 not include images that identify the driver, the passengers, or the
 24 contents of the motor vehicle, provided, however, that no notice of
 25 liability issued pursuant to this section shall be dismissed solely

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00071-06-6

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 1 because an image allows for the identification of the driver, the
 2 passengers or other contents of a motor vehicle;
 3 (ii) a prohibition on the use or dissemination of motor vehicles'
 4 license plate information and other information and images captured by a
 5 bicycle lane photo device except: (A) as required to establish liability
 6 under this section or collect payment of penalties; (B) as required by
 7 court order; or (C) as otherwise required by law;
 8 (iii) the installation of signage at regular intervals along bicycle
 9 lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes stating that bicycle lane photo
 10 devices are used to enforce restrictions on vehicular traffic in such
 11 bicycle lanes; and
 12 (iv) oversight procedures to ensure compliance with the aforementioned
 13 privacy protection measures.
 14 3. Bicycle lane photo devices shall only be operated on, within or in
 15 close proximity to bicycle lanes and/or protected bicycle lanes. Warn-
 16 ing notices of violation will be issued during the first sixty days that
 17 bicycle lane photo devices are operated on, within or in close proximity
 18 to each bicycle lane and/or prot