S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6469
I N S E N A T E
January 28, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT in relation to directing the New York city transit authority and
the metropolitan transportation authority to report to the governor
and the legislature on transportation service reductions and elimi-
nations occurring since January 1, 2008
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The New York city transit authority and the metropolitan
transportation authority shall report to the legislature and the gover-
nor on all transportation service reductions and eliminations occurring
since January 1, 2008. The report shall include the following informa-
tion:
a. All bus, subway, and commuter rail service reductions and elimi-
nations occurring since January 1, 2008, broken out by route;
b. The number and geographic breakout of all customers impacted by
such service reductions and eliminations, for each route;
c. The actual revenue savings versus the anticipated savings from such
service reductions and eliminations, for each route;
d. The costs to fully restore such service reductions and elimi-
nations, for each route; and
e. A detailed plan for full restoration of services that have been
eliminated or reduced since January 1, 2008; or, alternatively, a
detailed plan for equitable restoration of subways, buses, and commuter
rails that substantially mitigates the negative impacts of such service
reductions and eliminations and fairly restores the services across all
impacted neighborhoods and regions.
S 2. The report shall be delivered to the governor and the legislature
on or before December 31, 2015.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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