STATE OF NEW YORK
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4399
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
MTA to post a schedule of station closings
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1277 of the public authorities
2 law, as added by chapter 521 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. [A public hearing or hearings shall be held at least thirty days
5 prior to the closure of any transportation facility due to construction,
6 improvement, reconstruction or rehabilitation where such facility will
7 be out-of-service for ninety days or longer.] a. Whenever the authority
8 will close a station for a period of time in excess of twenty-four
9 hours, the authority, at least six months prior to such scheduled clos-
10 ing date, must file a copy of such scheduled closings with the state
11 comptroller, the New York city controller, the New York city office of
12 economic development, all affected community boards, and any local,
13 state, or federal elected official.
14 b. The authority shall be required to hold a public hearing after the
15 filing of the scheduled closings but prior to such closing date. Public
16 hearings required by this subdivision shall be held at one or more
17 locations conveniently accessible to the persons who would be affected
18 by such closure.
19 c. The authority shall not close any station for one week commencing
20 on the fourth Wednesday in November.
21 d. The authority shall not be required to comply with the provisions
22 of this subdivision for any closing that results from emergency repair
23 or any closing that will be less than twenty-four hours in duration.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to any
25 station closings that occur no sooner than seven months after such
26 effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04426-02-9