NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8975

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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Apr 04, 2024	referred to transportation

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1704-a, V & T L

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to implement a plan that exempts health care workers from congestion pricing.

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8975

SPONSOR: SCARCELLA-SPANTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to exempting
health care workers from congestion pricing

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law by stip-
ulating that the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority shall implement
a plan to provide credits or exemptions for tolls issued to health-care
workers on bridges and crossings.

Section 2. This act shall take effect thirty (30) days after it becomes
law. Any additions, amendments, or repeals of any rule or regulation
necessary for this act's implementation is effective immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Since the first mention of congestion pricing, concerns have been raised

regarding the financial security of essential workers who live and work
in and around Manhattan. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, health-care work-
ers were heralded as invaluable members of our society. Now, these work-
ers are facing potential job loss or relocation at the hands of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority(MTA)and congestion pricing.

This act would amend the vehicle and traffic law, by providing an
exemption for these most essential workers who proudly work in some of
the finest health-care facilities in the world. Rather than punishing
them for working in New York City, this bill will allow New York to
continue motivating our best and brightest to work in these hospitals
and care facilities without the additional financial burden of a trav-
el-related toll or tax.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This legislation will take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8975
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in  relation  to  exempting
   health care workers from congestion pricing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE AND TUNNEL AUTHORITY SHALL IMPLEMENT  A  PLAN
 FOR  CREDITS  AND/OR  EXEMPTIONS FOR TOLLS PAID ON BRIDGES AND CROSSINGS
 FOR ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,
 "HEALTH  CARE  WORKER"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  PERSON WORKING AS A PHYSICIAN,
 PHYSICIAN'S  ASSISTANT,  NURSE  PRACTITIONER,  REGISTERED   PROFESSIONAL
 NURSE,  LICENSED  PRACTICAL  NURSE, CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST, CERTIFIED
 NURSE  ASSISTANT,  PHYSIOTHERAPIST,  CHIROPRACTOR,  MEDICAL   ASSISTANT,
 SPECIALIST   ASSISTANT,  PATHOLOGISTS'  ASSISTANT,  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,
 RESPIRATORY THERAPY TECHNICIAN, MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIST, DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL
 SONOGRAPHER,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  PARAMEDIC,  PHLEBOTOMIST,
 CLINICAL  SUPPORT AID AND ANY OTHERS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC MOBILITY
 REVIEW BOARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of this act on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to  be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15094-01-4

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Senate Bill S8975

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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