Bill Text: NY A04446 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to authorize the city of Yonkers to establish a transportation improvement district or districts for the purpose of improving transportation in certain critical areas of such city
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to cities [A04446 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A04446-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4446 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2009 ___________ 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. A LBD07970-01-9