Senate Bill S4568

                            
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                                 4568--A
    Cal. No. 736

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
  favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
  amended  on  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, and to be
  reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third  read-
  ing

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;

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  (c)  whether  negligence  on  the  part of metropolitan transportation
authority staff was a contributing factor to the failure of  a  specific
security camera;
  (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.

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

                                 4568--B
    Cal. No. 736

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
  favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
  amended  on  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, and to be
  reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third  read-
  ing  --  committed  to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to study the
  feasibility and impact of installing sliding access  doors  on  subway
  platforms

  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. 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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