NY State Senate Bill 2023-S1216

Senate Bill S1216

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- In Committee Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 10, 2023	referred to transportation

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2023-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2564
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1205, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A11115
2011-2012: A1169
2013-2014: A1470
2015-2016: A4708
2017-2018: S8130, A7109
2019-2020: S3610, A3322
2021-2022: S3480, A3977

2023-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1216

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in
service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line
facilities of the New York city transit authority

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To give community boards advance notice when service cuts are made in
their districts. This bill would give the affected community boards more
time to prepare comments in response to the cuts and inform the communi-
ty on their impact.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1205 of the public authorities law
is amended to include the community board as an entity the authority is
required to give thirty days written notice to when service cuts are

scheduled for their district.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, the New York City Transit Authority is not required
to give community boards notice when there is a substantial or general
change in the levels of service provided by the Authority.  Reductions
in transportation service can severely disrupt the lives of commuters
that rely on public transportation to get to school or their place of
employment. Community boards serve as a mediator between those that
reside within their respective district and the various levels of city
government. It is crucial that the affected community boards are given
time to respond and prepare their districts for potential cuts in
service.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S3480A- 2022

S.8130 of 2018; Passed Senate.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S1216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1216
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, GOUNARDES -- 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 requiring
   that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in
   service furnished upon the rapid transit  facilities  or  the  omnibus
   line facilities of the New York city transit authority
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1205  of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. From and  after  March  first,  nineteen  hundred  sixty-eight,  no
 substantial  or  general  change in the levels of service furnished upon
 the rapid transit facilities or  the  omnibus  line  facilities  of  the
 authority  shall  be  instituted  except upon not less than thirty days'
 written notice to the mayor [and to  the  board  of  estimate]  AND  THE
 COMMUNITY  BOARD  WHOSE  AREA OF JURISDICTION INCLUDES THE RAPID TRANSIT
 FACILITY OR OMNIBUS LINE FACILITY UPON WHICH SUCH CHANGE OF SERVICE  WAS
 FURNISHED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00926-01-3

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Leroy Comrie