New York S 5161: Directs the New York city transit authority and metropolitan transportation authority to ensure the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations and report thereon

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S05161 Summary:

BILL NOS05161 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06818

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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Amd §§1204 & 1265, Pub Auth L

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Directs the New York city transit authority and metropolitan transportation authority to ensure the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations and report thereon.

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BILL NOS05161 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5161

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 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 directing the
 metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit
 authority to ensure proper operation of security cameras at subway
 stations and issue reports thereon

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1204 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 16-b to read as follows:
 3 16-b. (a) The authority shall ensure proper operation of all security
 4 cameras at all subway stations operated by such authority.
 5 (b) The authority is further directed to publish an annual report
 6 relating to the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations,
 7 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
 8 (1) the total number of systemwide incidents of security camera fail-
 9 ures occurring within a calendar year, as well as a metric indicating
 10 the percentage of all systemwide security cameras having failed at a
 11 point during a calendar year;
 12 (2) the length of time that each security camera experiencing a fail-
 13 ure was malfunctioning for;
 14 (3) when determinable, a metric indicating the cause or causes of
 15 security camera failures within a calendar year; and
 16 (4) a list of security camera failures occurring within the calendar
 17 year, delineated by each subway station operated by the authority.
 18 § 2. Section 1265 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
 19 new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
 20 12-a. (a) The authority shall ensure proper operation of all security
 21 cameras at all subway stations operated by such authority.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06104-01-5

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 1 (b) Such authority is further directed to publish an annual report
 2 relating to the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations,
 3 which shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
 4 (i) the total number of systemwide incidents of security camera fail-
 5 ures occurring within a calendar year, as well as a metric indicating
 6 the percentage of all systemwide security cameras having failed at a
 7 point during a calendar year;
 8 (ii) the length of time that each security camera experiencing a fail-
 9 ure was malfunctioning for;
 10 (iii) when determinable, a metric indicating the cause or causes of
 11 security camera failures within a calendar year; and
 12 (iv) a list of security camera failures occurring within the calendar
 13 year, delineated by each subway station operated by the authority.
 14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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