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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                          I N  A S S E M B L Y
                            January 15, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Cities
AN ACT to authorize the city of Yonkers to  establish  a  transportation
  improvement  district or districts for the purpose of improving trans-
  portation in certain critical areas of such city
  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
  Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, but
to the extent practicable, in accordance with the general city law,  the
city  of  Yonkers,  acting  by  and  through its city council, is hereby
authorized  to  establish  and  operate  a  transportation   improvement
district  or  transportation improvement districts within such city. The
purpose of such district or districts shall be to improve transportation
within certain critical areas of the city of Yonkers including, but  not
limited  to  the  Tuckahoe  road corridor, the Yonkers raceway area, the
Nepperhan/Saw Mill industrial valley area,  the  northern  and  southern
waterfront development areas, the Riverdale avenue corridor, the Yonkers
avenue corridor and neighborhood commercial corridors.
  S 2. 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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