NY State Senate Bill 2023-S738

Senate Bill S738

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Renames the Newkirk Avenue rapid transit station in Brooklyn the Newkirk Avenue Little Haiti station

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to transportation
Jan 06, 2023	referred to transportation

2023-S738 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S8341
2021-2022: S1450

2023-S738 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue -- Little Haiti station".

2023-S738 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S738

SPONSOR: PARKER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the
IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will rename the current "Newkirk Ave" station on the 2 and 5
line to "Newkirk Avenue -- Little Haiti". The renaming will enhance the
experience of the Haitian culture to visitors and other residence.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Upon a determination by the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient funds
have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the Metropol-
itan Transportation Authority, the public benefit corporation created by
section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York City Trans-
it Authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of

the public authorities law, shall use such specicically committed funds
to rename the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue
line of the New York city subway to the Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti
station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs and any other items issued
by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the station
within ten months

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Little Haiti, Flatbush Brooklyn was officially designated by the New
York City Council in June 2018. This geographic community has celebrated
Haitian culture in multitudinous forms over the years, including Haitian
Flag Day parades and celebrations, the street co-naming of a 3-mile
stretch of Nostrand Avenue as Toussaint L'Ouverture Boulevard, a 3-mile
stretch co-naming Rogers Avenue at Jean-Jacques Dessalines Boulevard,
both significant leaders in Haitian history, and the establishment of
the Haitian Studies Institute at Brooklyn College. Thus, renaming the
Newkirk Ave Station to "Newkirk Avenue -- Little Haiti" will further the
cultural experience, tourism, and economic development of all people
visiting the Little Haiti Business and Cultural District.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2021-22: S1450 - Reported to Transportation

2019/20:S8341B- Reported to Finance

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2023-S738 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    738
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on  the
   IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Upon a determination by the Metropolitan    Transportation
 Authority   or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient funds
 have been committed to   it   specifically   for   such   purpose,   the
 Metropolitan  Transportation  Authority,  the public benefit corporation
 created by section 1263 of the public   authorities law,   and  the  New
 York  City  Transit Authority, the public benefit corporation created by
 section 1201 of the  public   authorities law, shall  use  such  specif-
 ically  committed  funds  to rename the Newkirk Avenue subway station on
 the IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York city subway to the  Newkirk
 Avenue    -   Little Haiti  station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs
 and any  other  items  issued  by  the  MTA  are updated  to  accurately
 reflect the new name of the station within ten months.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately, and  shall  be deemed
 repealed  after  the  signs and any other items are accurately  updated.
 The chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
 or  president of the New York City Transit Authority  shall  notify  the
 legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of such updates
 in  order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
 in furtherance of effectuating the provisions  of  section  44  of   the
 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03271-01-3

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