NY State Senate Bill 2025-S5148

Senate Bill S5148

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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2025-S5148 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3086
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1269-c, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S8099, A8857

2025-S5148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board; provides that such assessment shall be adopted by not less than a majority of members of the authority in the office, except in the event of a tie.

2025-S5148 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S5148

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the  public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  the
submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan
transportation authority capital program review board

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill is intended to create greater transparency of MTA in the capi-
tal program process

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Subdivision c of section 1269-c of the public authorities law, as added
by section 1 of subpart E of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019
is amended to confirm the MTA capital program by MTA board majority vote
in addition to including specific cost estimates to achieve a state of
good repair on MTA systems in order to make improvements and enhance
service

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The MTA's 20-year needs assessment is the first step in putting together
the MTA's five-year capital program. The assessment informs the invest-
ments that must be made to keep the subway, bus, and commuter rail
systems in a state of good repair, improve and expand the system, and
ensure the sustainability and resiliency of the network. Without cost
estimates to show exactly how much must be invested in each element of
the system - subway cars, buses, tracks, and signals for example - it is
impossible to know if the proposed and final five-year capital programs
are making the right investments based on the resources and funding that
is currently available.

Additionally, the MTA Board members have a fiduciary duty to the author-
ity, and a logical extension of this duty is the requirement to approve
the MTA's needs assessments, particularly given the requirement in
Public Authorities Law for the MTA Board to have a capital program over-
sight committee. Lastly, inclusion of cost estimates allows the state
legislature and Capital Program Review Board to better determine if the
right investments are being made.

As stated by the Citizen's Budget Commission in 2023, "despite the
substantial report and detailed appendices, New Yorkers still do not
know if it will cost $20 billion, $70 billion, or some other amount over
the next five years to start to bring the system to a state of good
repair so that deterioration does not cause major service problems and
siphon operating funds for increased maintenance." This bill will statu-
torily require MTA to maintain transparency in that process.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2024: S8099 Comrie/ A8857 Carroll

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S5148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5148
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             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   the
   submission  of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropol-
   itan transportation authority capital program review board

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision c of section 1269-c of the public authorities
 law, as added by section 1 of subpart E of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the
 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   c. On or before October first, two thousand twenty-three,  and  on  or
 before October first of every fifth year thereafter, the authority shall
 submit  to  the  metropolitan  transportation  authority capital program
 review board a twenty-year capital needs assessment.    SUCH  ASSESSMENT
 SHALL BE ADOPTED BY NOT LESS THAN A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE WHOLE NUMBER OF
 MEMBERS  OF  THE AUTHORITY THEN IN OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT IN THE EVENT OF A
 TIE VOTE THE CHAIR SHALL CAST ONE ADDITIONAL VOTE. Such assessment shall
 begin with the period commencing January  first,  two  thousand  twenty-
 five,  and  begin  each assessment with every fifth year thereafter, and
 describe capital investments over  the  succeeding  twenty  years.  Such
 assessment  shall:  (1) set forth broad long-term capital investments to
 be made throughout the district, INCLUDING  AT  A  MINIMUM,  IDENTIFYING
 SPECIFIC  NON-BINDING  COST  ESTIMATES BY ELEMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE-YEAR
 PERIOD AND TOTAL ESTIMATES BY ELEMENT OVER THE FULL  TWENTY-YEAR  PERIOD
 NECESSARY  TO:  (I)  ACHIEVE  A  STATE OF GOOD REPAIR; (II) MAINTAIN THE
 NORMAL REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS; (III) IMPROVE THE SYSTEM; AND (IV)  EXPAND
 SERVICE; and (2) establish a non-binding basis to be used by the author-
 ity  in the planning of strategic investments involving capital elements
 in its five-year capital plans. Such assessment shall not require a vote
 of the metropolitan  transportation  authority  capital  program  review
 board and shall be for informational purposes only. For purposes of this
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06043-01-5

 S. 5148                             2
 
 section,  "broad long-term capital investments" shall include but not be
 limited to: system rebuilding, enhancement, and expansion needs;  agency
 needs  broken  down  by  capital  element  or  investment  category; and
 projected  future trends and network implications. Such assessment shall
 be certified by the [chairman] CHAIR  of  the  authority  and  shall  be
 entered into the permanent record of the minutes of the review board.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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