New York A 5938: Provides for initiative

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A05938 Summary:

BILL NOA05938 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORNorber

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

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Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk.

Go to top A05938 Actions:

BILL NOA05938 

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02/25/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5938

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to establishing
 a no fare program for transportation on New York city transit authori-
 ty systems, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter
 Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 14-a to read as follows:
 3 14-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or the terms of any
 4 contract, the authority, in consultation with the New York city transit
 5 authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
 6 road Company, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
 7 portation on New York city transit authority systems, the Long Island
 8 Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly
 9 enrolled members of the auxiliary police of the city of New York, the
 10 county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, the county of
 11 Suffolk, or Suffolk county villages. In establishing such program, which
 12 has as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commu-
 13 ters, the authority and the New York city transit authority, the Long
 14 Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, shall,
 15 among other things, consider: (a) requiring such members who ride with-
 16 out cost to register with the New York city transit authority, the Long
 17 Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company as a
 18 condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such members to indicate
 19 during such registration process their regular working hours and the New
 20 York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-
 21 North Commuter Railroad Company trains that such members expect to ride;
 22 and (c) periodically re-registering and re-validating such members. The
 23 authority and the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09797-01-5

 A. 5938 2

 1 Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company shall also have the
 2 power to consider other matters necessary to carry out the goals and
 3 objectives of this subdivision.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 5 have become a law.

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