New York S 509: Authorizes the independent budget office of the city of New York to obtain certain tax data for purposes of evaluation

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S00509 Summary:

BILL NOS00509 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPALUMBO

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COSPNSRROLISON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1266, Pub Auth L; add §2.40, CP L

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Includes the New York city transit authority systems and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company in the no fare program for police officers; includes retired police officers.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 509

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the criminal procedure
 law, in relation to establishing a no fare program for transportation
 on New York city transit authority systems, the Long Island Rail Road
 and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain police offi-
 cers and retired police officers

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
 2 law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 3 as follows:
 4 14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any
 5 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
 6 the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Rail-
 7 road Company, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
 8 portation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit
 9 authority systems, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for
 10 current and retired police officers, who possess a valid pistol permit,
 11 employed by or retired from service with the city of New York, county of
 12 Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of Suffolk, Suffolk
 13 county villages and towns, the division of state police, the port
 14 authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad
 15 Company, the New York city housing authority and the New York city tran-
 16 sit authority. In establishing such program, which has as its goal
 17 increased protection and improved safety for its commuters, the authori-
 18 ty [and the Long Island Rail Road] shall, among other things, consider:
 19 (a) requiring police officers and retired police officers who ride with-
 20 out cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city
 21 transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company as a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02146-01-5

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 1 condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers to indi-
 2 cate during such registration process their regular working hours, if
 3 applicable, and the [Long Island Rail Road trains] specific subway, bus,
 4 railroad and paratransit services that such officers expect to ride; and
 5 (c) periodically re-registering and re-validating such officers. The
 6 authority [and the Long Island Rail Road] shall also have the power to
 7 consider other matters necessary to carry out the goals and objectives
 8 of this section.
 9 § 2. The criminal procedure law is amended by adding a new section
 10 2.40 to read as follows:
 11 § 2.40 Retired police officers aboard MTA transportation services.
 12 Retired police officers who ride free aboard the transportation
 13 services of the metropolitan transportation authority pursuant to subdi-
 14 vision fourteen of section twelve hundred sixty-six of the public
 15 authorities law shall be afforded all of the powers and protections
 16 afforded peace officers pursuant to the provisions of this article. The
 17 peace officer training requirements described in section 2.30 of this
 18 article shall be deemed fulfilled by the training such retired police
 19 officers received as part of their law enforcement employment.
 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on