S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7957
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 2, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway
platforms, ensure proper operation of security cameras and install
instant communications devices
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The metropolitan transportation authority shall conduct a
study to examine the feasibility and impact of the installation of slid-
ing access doors upon platforms at subway facilities operated by such
authority including, but not limited to the following issues:
(a) increased benefits to the safety of customers;
(b) the likelihood of fatality prevention; and
(c) the fiscal impact of installation.
S 2. The metropolitan transportation authority shall ensure proper
operation of all security cameras at all subway stations operated by
such authority.
Such authority is further directed to publish an annual report relat-
ing to the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations,
which shall include, but not be limited, to the following:
(a) the total number of systemwide incidents of security camera fail-
ures occurring within a calendar year, as well as a metric indicating
the percentage of all systemwide security cameras having failed at a
point during a calendar year;
(b) the length of time that each security camera experiencing a fail-
ure was malfunctioning for;
(c) whether negligence on the part of metropolitan transportation
authority staff was a contributing factor to the failure of a specific
security camera;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(d) whether negligence on the part of the metropolitan transportation
authority staff was a contributing factor to the time elapsed between
the failure of a security camera and its reinstatement to proper opera-
tion; and
(e) a list of security camera failures occurring within the calendar
year, delineated by each subway station operated by the authority.
S 3. The metropolitan transportation authority shall:
(a) install instant communications devices, commonly referred to as
"help point" systems, at all subway stations operated by such authority;
(b) develop policies and procedures relative to customer use of
instant communications devices to contact rail control centers oversee-
ing subway traffic;
(c) annually publish information, on or before December thirty-first,
that indicates how many subway stations operated by the metropolitan
transportation authority have undergone installation of instant communi-
cations devices, until such time as all subway stations have undergone
installation of instant communications devices; and
(d) within ninety days of the effective date of this act, publish a
timetable including the date by which the metropolitan transportation
authority expects to complete installation of instant communications
devices at all subway stations in its system.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.