Bill Text: NY A11621 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 11621

Introduced

Bill Title: Renames the 8th Avenue subway station to the 8th Avenue - Brooklyn Chinatown station.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-07-29 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A11621 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11621

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 29, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Chang) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
          and Commissions

        AN  ACT  to  direct the metropolitan transportation authority or the New
          York city transit authority rename the 8th Avenue subway station

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Upon  a  determination by the metropolitan transportation
     2  authority or the New York city transit authority that  sufficient  funds
     3  have  been  committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
     4  itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
     5  section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
     6  it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201  of
     7  the  public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
     8  to rename the 8th Avenue subway station on the BMT West End Line of  the
     9  New York city subway, located at the intersection of 8th Avenue and 62nd
    10  Street  in  the borough of Brooklyn, to the 8th Avenue - Brooklyn China-
    11  town station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs, maps, and  any  other
    12  items  issued  by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name
    13  of the station within ten months.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16098-01-6