NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3617

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

Please enter your contact information

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

A valid email address is required.

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

View Actions

	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 03, 2018	referred to transportation
Jan 25, 2017	referred to transportation

co-Sponsors

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3599
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1263, add §1266-k, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1386, A3954
2011-2012: S1238, A745
2013-2014: S1284, A945
2015-2016: S3784, S5437, A7803, A5267
2019-2020: A2937

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority riders' council for persons with disabilities; provides for membership and powers and duties.

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3617

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to the board of the metropolitan transportation authority;
and in relation to the establishment of the metropolitan transit
authority riders' council for persons with disabilities

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To establish an advisory council which has a non-voting member seat on
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority which is comprised by
regular transit users, who are also people with disabilities, in order
to ensure better oversight of how the Authority accommodates riders
with disabilities.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

The bill establishes the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Riders'
Council for People with Disabilities to study and investigate all
aspects of the day-to-day operations of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority and its subsidiaries, monitor its
performance, and make recommendations to improve its operation.

The bill requires that the Council shall consist of fifteen members
who are regular transit users and who are people with disabilities.
One member shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of

the mayor of the city of New York; one on the recommendation of the
president of the city council; one on the recommendation of the New
York state comptroller; one on the recommendation of each of the
borough presidents of the city of New York; one on the recommendation
of each of the county executives of Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland,
Putnam, Dutchess, and Orange. Each of the members shall serve for
two-year terms. The Council shall select a Chair from its membership.
Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original
appointments for the balance of the original member's term.

The bill requires that the members of the Council will receive no
compensation but will be reimbursed for necessary expenses.

The bill requires that the Council shall provide support services to
its members so that they may perform their duties, including but not
limited to transportation, telecommunication, and accessible
technology support. The Chair may hire staff and consultants for any
funds made available to the Council.

The bill allows that the Council may request and shall receive
assistance and data from any political subdivision of the state to
enable it to properly carry out its duties.

The bill creates an additional non-voting member of the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority who shall serve an eighteen-month term and is
recommended to the governor by the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority Riders' Council for People with Disabilities.

The bill provides a definition for "disability" and "disabled."

 JUSTIFICATION :

In New York City, only 97 out of 468 MTA passenger stations are
ADA-compliant for people in wheelchairs as of August 2012. Elevator
and escalator maintenance problems are rampant and little is done to
alert riders who depend on these facilities about breakdowns and
alternative routes. The hard of hearing are unable to make sense of
train announcements even though technology exists that could improve
this. Platform gaps, a noted problem on the Long Island Railroad, are
of a particular threat to the safety of the visually impaired. The
recent closure of station agent booths and the elimination of many
station agent personnel disproportionately impact those with
disabilities. New York City and its commuter rails are far behind
other major cities in accommodating the needs of riders with
disabilities.

One of the most important ways we can begin to address this crisis is
to correct the lack of representation of people on the board of the
MTA itself. In 2006, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
published The State of Repairs: An Examination of Elevator and
Escalator Maintenance and Repairs in New York City 's Subway System.
In this report, he concluded that while the MTA does have the New York
City Transit Riders Council "they are not charged with the specific
responsibly of representing the needs of disabled riders.  And while
the MTA has an ADA compliance coordination committee, it is informal
and not comprised of appointed members. A legislatively-mandated body
representing disabled riders is needed to ensure the issues of the
disability community are identified and addressed."

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16:S.3784/A.7803- Died in Transportation
2013-14:S.1284/A.945 -Passed in Assembly; Died in Transportation
2011-12:S.1238/A.745 -Passed in the Assembly; Died Transportation.
2010:S.1386B/A.3954B -Passed Assembly, Died in Finance

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

Unknown.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately, with provisions.

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3617
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. PARKER, AVELLA, HOYLMAN, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS -- read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the board  of
   the  metropolitan  transportation  authority;  and  in relation to the
   establishment of the metropolitan transit  authority  riders'  council
   for persons with disabilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 section 1263 of the public authorities law, subparagraph 1 as amended by
 section 3 of part H of chapter 25 of the laws of 2009 and subparagraph 2
 as amended by chapter 549 of the laws of 1994, are amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (1)  There is hereby created the "metropolitan transportation authori-
 ty." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting  a
 public  benefit  corporation. The authority shall consist of TWENTY-FOUR
 MEMBERS AND SHALL INCLUDE a [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, sixteen other voting
 members, and  [two]  THREE  non-voting  and  four  alternate  non-voting
 members, as described in subparagraph two of this paragraph appointed by
 the  governor  by  and  with  the  advice and consent of the senate. Any
 member appointed to a term commencing on or after  June  thirtieth,  two
 thousand  nine  shall  have  experience  in one or more of the following
 areas:  transportation,  public  administration,  business   management,
 finance,  accounting,  law,  engineering,  land  use, urban and regional
 planning, management of large capital projects, labor relations, or have
 experience in some other area of activity central to the mission of  the
 authority.  Four of the sixteen voting members other than the [chairman]
 CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed on  the  written  recommendation  of  the
 mayor  of  the  city of New York; and each of seven other voting members
 other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be appointed after selection
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07409-01-7

 S. 3617                             2
 
 from a written list of three recommendations from  the  chief  executive
 officer  of  the  county  in  which the particular member is required to
 reside pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision.  Of  the  members
 appointed  on recommendation of the chief executive officer of a county,
 one such member shall be, at the time of appointment, a resident of  the
 county  of  Nassau, one a resident of the county of Suffolk, one a resi-
 dent of the county of Westchester, one  a  resident  of  the  county  of
 Dutchess,  one a resident of the county of Orange, one a resident of the
 county of Putnam and one a resident of the county of Rockland,  provided
 that the term of any member who is a resident of a county that has with-
 drawn from the metropolitan commuter transportation district pursuant to
 section  twelve  hundred  seventy-nine-b  of  this [article] TITLE shall
 terminate upon the effective date of such county's withdrawal from  such
 district.  Of  the five voting members, other than the [chairman] CHAIR-
 PERSON, appointed by the governor without recommendation from any  other
 person,  three  shall  be,  at the time of appointment, residents of the
 city of New York and two shall be, at the time of appointment, residents
 of such city or of any of the aforementioned counties in  the  metropol-
 itan  commuter  transportation  district. The [chairman] CHAIRPERSON and
 each of the members shall be appointed for a term of six years, provided
 however, that the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON first appointed shall serve for
 a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, provided that
 thirty days after the effective date of [the] chapter TWENTY-FIVE of the
 laws of two thousand nine [which amended this subparagraph], the term of
 the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall expire; provided,  further,  that  such
 [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  may  continue to discharge the duties of his or
 her office until the position of [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  is  filled  by
 appointment  by  the  governor upon the advice and consent of the senate
 and the term of such new [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON  shall  terminate  June
 thirtieth,  two  thousand  fifteen.  The  sixteen  other  members  first
 appointed shall serve for the following  terms:  The  members  from  the
 counties  of  Nassau  and Westchester shall each serve for a term ending
 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five; the members from the coun-
 ty of Suffolk and from the counties  of  Dutchess,  Orange,  Putnam  and
 Rockland  shall  each  serve  for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred ninety-two; two of the members appointed  on  recommendation  of
 the  mayor  of  the  city of New York shall each serve for a term ending
 June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-four and[,] two shall each serve
 for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred  eighty-one;  two  of
 the  members appointed by the governor without the recommendation of any
 other person shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen
 hundred eighty-two, two shall each serve for a term ending June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen hundred eighty and one shall serve for a term ending June
 thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-five. The  two  non-voting  and  four
 alternate  non-voting members shall serve until January first, two thou-
 sand one. The members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam  and
 Rockland shall cast one collective vote.
   (2)  There  shall be [two] THREE non-voting members and four alternate
 non-voting members of the authority, as referred to in subparagraph  one
 of this paragraph.
   The  first non-voting member shall be a regular [mass transit] user of
 the MASS TRANSIT facilities of the authority and be recommended  to  the
 governor  by  the  New York city transit authority advisory council. The
 first alternate non-voting member shall be a regular [mass transit] user
 of the MASS TRANSIT facilities of the authority and  be  recommended  to
 the  governor  by the Metro-North commuter council. The second alternate

 S. 3617                             3
 
 non-voting member shall be a regular [mass transit]  user  of  the  MASS
 TRANSIT  facilities  of the authority and be recommended to the governor
 by the Long Island Rail Road commuter's council.
   The  second  non-voting member shall be recommended to the governor by
 the labor organization representing the majority  of  employees  of  the
 Long  Island  Rail  Road. The third alternate non-voting member shall be
 recommended to the governor by the labor organization  representing  the
 majority of employees of the New York city transit authority. The fourth
 alternate  non-voting member shall be recommended to the governor by the
 labor organization representing the majority of employees of the  Metro-
 North  Commuter  Railroad  Company.  The  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON of the
 authority, at his OR HER direction, may exclude such  non-voting  member
 or  alternate  non-voting member from attending any portion of a meeting
 of the authority or of any committee established pursuant  to  paragraph
 (b) of subdivision four of this section held for the purpose of discuss-
 ing negotiations with labor organizations.
   The non-voting member and the two alternate non-voting members repres-
 enting  the New York [York] city transit authority advisory council, the
 Metro-North commuter council, and the Long Island Rail  Road  commuter's
 council  shall  serve eighteen month rotating terms, after which time an
 alternate non-voting member shall become the non-voting member  and  the
 rotation  shall continue until each alternate member has served at least
 one eighteen month term as a non-voting  member.  The  other  non-voting
 member  and  alternate non-voting members representing the New York city
 transit authority, Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and  the  Long
 Island Rail Road labor organizations shall serve eighteen month rotating
 terms,  after which time an alternate non-voting member shall become the
 non-voting member and the rotation shall continue until  each  alternate
 member  has  served  at  least  one  eighteen month term as a non-voting
 member. The transit authority and the commuter railroads  shall  not  be
 represented  concurrently  by the two non-voting members during any such
 eighteen month period.
   THE THIRD NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE A REGULAR USER OF THE MASS TRANS-
 IT FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY AND BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RIDERS' COUNCIL  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH
 DISABILITIES AND SHALL SERVE AN EIGHTEEN MONTH TERM.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 1263 of the public
 authorities law, as amended by section 4 of part H of chapter 25 of  the
 laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  (1)  There  is  hereby  created  the "metropolitan transportation
 authority." The authority shall be a body corporate and politic  consti-
 tuting  a  public  benefit corporation. The authority shall consist of a
 [chairman and] CHAIRPERSON, sixteen other VOTING  members  appointed  by
 the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, AND THREE
 NON-VOTING  AND  FOUR  ALTERNATE  NON-VOTING  MEMBERS,  AS  DESCRIBED IN
 SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF THIS PARAGRAPH APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR BY AND WITH
 THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE.  Any member appointed  to  a  term
 commencing  on  or  after  June  thirtieth, two thousand nine shall have
 experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise:    trans-
 portation, public administration, business management, finance, account-
 ing, law, engineering, land use, urban and regional planning, management
 of  large  capital projects, labor relations, or have experience in some
 other area of activity central to the mission of the authority. Four  of
 the  sixteen  members  other  than  the  [chairman] CHAIRPERSON shall be
 appointed on the written recommendation of the mayor of the city of  New
 York;  and  each of seven other members other than the [chairman] CHAIR-

 S. 3617                             4
 
 PERSON shall be appointed after selection from a written list  of  three
 recommendations  from the chief executive officer of the county in which
 the particular member is required to reside pursuant to  the  provisions
 of  this  subdivision. Of the members appointed on recommendation of the
 chief executive officer of a county, one such member shall  be,  at  the
 time  of appointment, a resident of the county of Nassau; one a resident
 of the county of Suffolk; one a resident of the county  of  Westchester;
 and  one  a  resident  of  the county of Dutchess, one a resident of the
 county of Orange, one a resident of the county of Putnam and one a resi-
 dent of the county of Rockland, provided that the term of any member who
 is a resident of a county  that  has  withdrawn  from  the  metropolitan
 commuter  transportation  district  pursuant  to  section twelve hundred
 seventy-nine-b of this [article] TITLE shall terminate upon  the  effec-
 tive  date  of  such county's withdrawal from such district. Of the five
 members, other than the [chairman] CHAIRPERSON, appointed by the  gover-
 nor without recommendation from any other person, three shall be, at the
 time of appointment, residents of the city of New York and two shall be,
 at  the  time  of  appointment,  residents of such city or of any of the
 aforementioned counties  in  the  metropolitan  commuter  transportation
 district.  The  [chairman]  CHAIRPERSON and each of the members shall be
 appointed for a term of six years, provided however, that the [chairman]
 CHAIRPERSON first appointed shall serve for a term ending  June  thirti-
 eth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one, provided that thirty days after the
 effective date of [the] chapter TWENTY-FIVE of the laws of two  thousand
 nine  [which  amended this paragraph], the term of the [chairman] CHAIR-
 PERSON shall expire; provided, further, that such [chairman] CHAIRPERSON
 may continue to discharge the duties of his office until the position of
 [chairman] CHAIRPERSON is filled by appointment by the governor upon the
 advice and consent of the senate and the term  of  such  new  [chairman]
 CHAIRPERSON  shall  terminate  June thirtieth, two thousand fifteen. The
 sixteen other members first appointed  shall  serve  for  the  following
 terms:  The  members  from  the counties of Nassau and Westchester shall
 each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 five;  the  members  from the county of Suffolk and from the counties of
 Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each serve for a term ending
 June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two;  two  of  the   members
 appointed  on  recommendation of the mayor of the city of New York shall
 each serve for a term ending June thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-
 four and[,] two shall each serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nine-
 teen  hundred  eighty-one;  two of the members appointed by the governor
 without the recommendation of any other person shall each  serve  for  a
 term  ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-two, two shall each
 serve for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty and  one
 shall  serve  for a term ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred eighty-
 five. The members from the counties  of  Dutchess,  Orange,  Putnam  and
 Rockland shall cast one collective vote.
   (2)  THERE  SHALL  BE THREE NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND FOUR ALTERNATE NON-
 VOTING MEMBERS OF THE AUTHORITY, AS REFERRED TO IN SUBPARAGRAPH  ONE  OF
 THIS PARAGRAPH.
   THE FIRST NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE A REGULAR USER OF THE MASS TRANS-
 IT FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY AND BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
 NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ALTERNATE
 NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE A REGULAR USER OF THE MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES
 OF THE AUTHORITY AND BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY  THE  METRO-NORTH
 COMMUTER  COUNCIL.  THE  SECOND  ALTERNATE  NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE A
 REGULAR USER OF THE MASS TRANSIT FACILITIES  OF  THE  AUTHORITY  AND  BE

 S. 3617                             5
 
 RECOMMENDED  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  BY  THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMMUTER'S
 COUNCIL.
   THE  SECOND  NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY
 THE LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY  OF  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE
 LONG  ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD. THE THIRD ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE
 RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE LABOR ORGANIZATION  REPRESENTING  THE
 MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY. THE FOURTH
 ALTERNATE  NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
 LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING THE MAJORITY OF EMPLOYEES OF THE  METRO-
 NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY. THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUTHORITY, AT
 HIS OR HER DIRECTION, MAY EXCLUDE SUCH NON-VOTING  MEMBER  OR  ALTERNATE
 NON-VOTING MEMBER FROM ATTENDING ANY PORTION OF A MEETING OF THE AUTHOR-
 ITY  OR OF ANY COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDI-
 VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF  DISCUSSING  NEGOTI-
 ATIONS WITH LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
   THE NON-VOTING MEMBER AND THE TWO ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBERS REPRES-
 ENTING  THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE METRO-
 NORTH COMMUTER COUNCIL, AND THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMMUTER'S COUNCIL
 SHALL SERVE EIGHTEEN MONTH ROTATING TERMS, AFTER WHICH TIME AN ALTERNATE
 NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BECOME THE NON-VOTING MEMBER  AND  THE  ROTATION
 SHALL CONTINUE UNTIL EACH ALTERNATE MEMBER HAS SERVED AT LEAST ONE EIGH-
 TEEN  MONTH TERM AS A NON-VOTING MEMBER. THE OTHER NON-VOTING MEMBER AND
 ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBERS REPRESENTING  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY,  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD COMPANY, AND THE LONG ISLAND
 RAIL ROAD LABOR ORGANIZATIONS SHALL SERVE EIGHTEEN MONTH ROTATING TERMS,
 AFTER WHICH TIME AN ALTERNATE NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL  BECOME  THE  NON-
 VOTING  MEMBER  AND  THE  ROTATION  SHALL  CONTINUE UNTIL EACH ALTERNATE
 MEMBER HAS SERVED AT LEAST ONE  EIGHTEEN  MONTH  TERM  AS  A  NON-VOTING
 MEMBER.  THE  TRANSIT  AUTHORITY AND THE COMMUTER RAILROADS SHALL NOT BE
 REPRESENTED CONCURRENTLY BY THE TWO NON-VOTING MEMBERS DURING  ANY  SUCH
 EIGHTEEN MONTH PERIOD.
   THE THIRD NON-VOTING MEMBER SHALL BE A REGULAR USER OF THE MASS TRANS-
 IT FACILITIES OF THE AUTHORITY AND BE RECOMMENDED TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE
 METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY  RIDERS' COUNCIL FOR PEOPLE WITH
 DISABILITIES AND SHALL SERVE AN EIGHTEEN MONTH TERM.
   § 3. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1266-k to read as follows:
   §  1266-K.  METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RIDERS' COUNCIL FOR
 PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE  "METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY RIDERS' COUNCIL FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES",
 TO STUDY, INVESTIGATE, MONITOR, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
 THE  ACCOMMODATION OF THE NEEDS AND CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILI-
 TIES TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES
 WITHIN  THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.  SUCH COUNCIL
 SHALL STUDY AND INVESTIGATE ALL ASPECTS OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS  OF
 SUCH  AUTHORITY  AND  ITS  SUBSIDIARIES,  MONITOR THEIR PERFORMANCE, AND
 RECOMMEND CHANGES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE OPERATION THEREOF ALL
 WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCOMMODATION OF THE NEEDS AND CONVENIENCE OF PEOPLE
 WITH DISABILITIES.
   2. SUCH COUNCIL SHALL CONSIST OF FIFTEEN MEMBERS WHO SHALL  BE  COMMU-
 TERS  WHO  REGULARLY USE THE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OF SUCH AUTHORITIES
 AND WHO ARE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AS DEFINED IN ANY APPLICABLE  STATE
 OR  FEDERAL  LAW.    EACH MEMBER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, ONE
 UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK;  ONE  UPON
 THE  RECOMMENDATION  OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
 NEW YORK; ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NEW YORK STATE COMPTROLLER;

 S. 3617                             6
 
 FIVE OTHER MEMBERS UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF EACH OF THE BOROUGH PRESI-
 DENTS OF THE BOROUGHS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; ONE UPON THE  RECOMMENDA-
 TION  BY  THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF NASSAU; ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION BY
 THE  COUNTY  EXECUTIVE  OF  SUFFOLK;  ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE
 COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF WESTCHESTER; ONE  UPON  THE  RECOMMENDATION  BY  THE
 COUNTY  EXECUTIVE OF ROCKLAND; ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE COUNTY
 EXECUTIVE OF PUTNAM; ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE
 OF DUTCHESS; AND ONE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE  OF
 ORANGE.  THE  CHAIR  SHALL BE A MEMBER SELECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE
 COMMITTEE.  EACH OF THE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR A  TERM  OF  TWO  YEARS.
 VACANCIES THAT OCCUR OTHER THAN BY EXPIRATION OF TERM SHALL BE FILLED IN
 THE  SAME  MANNER  AS  THE  ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
 UNEXPIRED TERM.
   3. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR  THEIR
 SERVICES  BUT  SHALL  BE  REIMBURSED  FOR  ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES
 INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.
   4. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY FUNDS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL  FOR
 THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE COUNCIL MAY PROVIDE RESOURCES AS
 ARE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE COUNCIL AS NECESSARY OR
 CONVENIENT TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED TO, TRANSPORTATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY
 SUPPORT, AND MAY EMPLOY ADDITIONAL STAFF AND CONSULTANTS AND INCUR OTHER
 EXPENSES  TO  CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES, TO BE PAID FROM AMOUNTS WHICH MAY BE
 MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COUNCIL FOR SUCH PURPOSE.
   5. THE COUNCIL MAY REQUEST AND  SHALL  RECEIVE  FROM  ANY  DEPARTMENT,
 DIVISION,  BOARD,  BUREAU,  COMMISSION,  AGENCY, PUBLIC AUTHORITY OF THE
 STATE OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF SUCH ASSISTANCE AND  DATA  AS
 WILL  ENABLE  IT PROPERLY TO CARRY OUT ITS ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS SECTION
 AND EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the  amend-
 ments  to  subparagraphs  1  and  2 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 section 1263 of the public authorities law made by section one  of  this
 act  shall  be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph
 pursuant to chapter 549 of the laws of 1994 as amended, when  upon  such
 date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Senate Bill S3617

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments

Senate Bill S3617

Share this bill

Sponsored By

Kevin S. Parker

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

co-Sponsors

Tony Avella

Brad Hoylman-Sigal

Liz Krueger

Velmanette Montgomery

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3617 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

Comments