Bill Text: NY A02313 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2313 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Yonkers to establish one or more transportation improvement districts to improve transportation in certain critical areas of the city.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A02313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02313-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2313
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 15, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Cities
       AN ACT to authorize the city of Yonkers to  establish  a  transportation
         improvement  district or districts for the purpose of improving trans-
         portation in certain critical areas of such city
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, but
    2  to the extent practicable, in accordance with the general city law,  the
    3  city  of  Yonkers,  acting  by  and  through its city council, is hereby
    4  authorized  to  establish  and  operate  a  transportation   improvement
    5  district  or  transportation improvement districts within such city. The
    6  purpose of such district or districts shall be to improve transportation
    7  within certain critical areas of the city of Yonkers including, but  not
    8  limited  to  the  Tuckahoe  road corridor, the Yonkers raceway area, the
    9  Nepperhan/Saw Mill industrial valley area,  the  northern  and  southern
   10  waterfront development areas, the Riverdale avenue corridor, the Yonkers
   11  avenue corridor and neighborhood commercial corridors.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05380-01-5