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Assembly Bill A8657

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename certain subway stations

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2017-A8657 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1512

2017-A8657 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename President Street subway station the President Street - Medgar Evers College station and rename the Franklin Avenue subway station the Franklin Avenue - Medgar Evers College station.

2017-A8657 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8657
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT directing the metropolitan  transportation  authority  to  rename
   certain subway stations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The President Street subway station  on  the  IRT  Nostrand
 Avenue  line  of  the New York city subway is hereby named the President
 Street - Medgar Evers College station and  the  Franklin  Avenue  subway
 station  on  the  IRT  Eastern Parkway line is hereby named the Franklin
 Avenue - Medgar Evers College station. The MTA  shall  ensure  that  all
 signs,  maps, and any other items issued by the MTA are updated to accu-
 rately reflect the new name of the stations.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  MTA  shall have 180 days to change all signs, maps, and other items
 as required in section one of this act.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13236-01-7

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