Assembly Bill A7424A

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to New York city omnibus safety requirements

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7424 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5684
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §10-172, NYC Ad Cd

2013-A7424 - Summary

Relates to New York city omnibus safety requirements; defines terms; provides for the retrofitting of omnibuses with silent emergency alarms that are synchronized with existing bus GPS devices so that the location of such bus emitting the alarm is immediately known by the command center of the New York city transit authority.

2013-A7424 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7424

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MOSLEY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HENNES-
  SEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation to New York city transit omnibus safety requirements

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The occupation of driving an  omnibus
available to the general public has become increasingly dangerous to bus
drivers  employed by the New York City Transit Authority and its subsid-
iaries. There has been an increase in the number of bus drivers who have
become victims of  assaults,  verbal  attacks,  spitting,  menacing  and
threats at the hands of bus riders. Unlike the work environment of tran-
sit  employees  deployed  on  the subway trains, there is no discernible
police presence on these buses, and the driver is relatively defenseless
while operating a bus on a congested urban street, against an aggressive
bus passenger seeking to harm him or her.
  The legislature finds that a safety partition between the bus  drivers
and  the  passengers on the vehicle can be an effective deterrent to any
harm being inflicted on the transit worker. Such  partitions  have  been
highly  effective  in  protecting  taxi  cab and livery car drivers from
aggressive acts by passengers inside their vehicles. A similar  require-
ment  protecting  bus  operators  should  be equally effective and would
promote public safety for the riding  public  on  mass  transit  surface
vehicles.
  The legislature also finds that current emergency communication proto-
cols of the New York City Transit Authority and its subsidiaries are not
operating at an optimum efficiency level. Nearly all buses are currently
equipped with a silent alarm mechanism which alerts the transit authori-
ty's  command center that an emergency exists and also with a GPS device
which can apprise the command center of the location of  the  bus.  More
meaningful  information and more importantly, a more timely intervention

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09645-01-3

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multi-Sponsors

2013-A7424A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5684
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §10-172, NYC Ad Cd

2013-A7424A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to New York city omnibus safety requirements; defines terms; provides for the retrofitting of omnibuses with silent emergency alarms that are synchronized with existing bus GPS devices so that the location of such bus emitting the alarm is immediately known by the command center of the New York city transit authority.

2013-A7424A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7424--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MOSLEY, FARRELL, CLARK, SEPULVEDA, ORTIZ, WEPRIN,
  PICHARDO,  GJONAJ, McDONOUGH, CAMARA, MILLER, WRIGHT, DAVILA -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,  BRENNAN,  HENNESSEY,  HOOPER,
  MARKEY, MILLMAN, PERRY, RODRIGUEZ, SKARTADOS -- read once and referred
  to  the  Committee on Cities -- recommitted to the Committee on Cities
  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --  committee  discharged,
  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
  committee

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation to New York city transit omnibus safety requirements

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative findings. The occupation of driving an  omnibus
available to the general public has become increasingly dangerous to bus
drivers  employed by the New York city transit authority and its subsid-
iaries. There has been an increase in the number of bus drivers who have
become victims of  assaults,  verbal  attacks,  spitting,  menacing  and
threats at the hands of bus riders. Unlike the work environment of tran-
sit  employees  deployed  on  the subway trains, there is no discernible
police presence on these buses, and the driver is relatively defenseless
while operating a bus on a congested urban street, against an aggressive
bus passenger seeking to harm him or her.
  The legislature finds that a safety partition between the bus  drivers
and  the  passengers on the vehicle can be an effective deterrent to any
harm being inflicted on the transit worker. Such  partitions  have  been
highly  effective  in  protecting  taxi  cab and livery car drivers from
aggressive acts by passengers inside their vehicles. A similar  require-
ment  protecting  bus  operators  should  be equally effective and would
promote public safety for the riding  public  on  mass  transit  surface
vehicles.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09645-03-4

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