Bill Text: NY A02938 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, in consultation with the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, to allow riders travelling within the limits of the city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that of a MetroCard ride and for such riders to make free transfers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A02938 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A02938-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2938 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to special powers of the authority 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 20 to read as follows: 3 20. 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 allow riders travelling within the limits of the 7 city of New York to pay a fare for commuter rail service equal to that 8 of a MetroCard ride on New York city transit subways and buses and for 9 such riders to make free transfers between said commuter rail and New 10 York city transit subways and buses. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03366-01-3
