Bill Text: NY S06816 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Changes the name of the Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station to the Briarwood station; requires the MTA to update all signs and maps with the new name.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - VETOED MEMO.585 [S06816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06816-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         6816
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 13, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to  rename  a
         certain subway station
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The Briarwood-Van Wyck subway station  on  the  IND  Queens
    2  Boulevard line of the New York city subway is hereby named the Briarwood
    3  station.  The  MTA shall ensure that all signs, maps, and any other item
    4  issued by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of  the
    5  station.
    6    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
    7  the MTA shall have up to 180 days to change all signs, maps,  and  other
    8  items as required in section one of this act.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03942-01-3
feedback