Senate Bill S6961

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Amends a chapter of the laws of 2019, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3439-A and A. 1512-A, in relation to directing the MTA and the New York City transit authority to rename certain subway stations

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  • 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

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2019-S6961 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8987
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Authorities
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1 & 2, Chap of 2019 (as proposed in S.3439-A & 1512-A)

2019-S6961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to directing the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York City transit authority to rename certain subway stations.

2019-S6961 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6961
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, relating to directing the
   metropolitan  transportation  authority  to  rename   certain   subway
   stations,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S. 3439-A and A.
   1512-A, in  relation  to  directing  the  metropolitan  transportation
   authority  and  the  New York City transit 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.  Section  1  of a chapter of the laws of 2019, relating to
 directing the metropolitan transportation authority  to  rename  certain
 subway  stations, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3439-A and
 A. 1512-A, is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. [The] UPON A DETERMINATION BY THE METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTA-
 TION  AUTHORITY  OR  THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY THAT SUFFICIENT
 FUNDS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO  IT  SPECIFICALLY  FOR  SUCH  PURPOSE,  THE
 METROPOLITAN  TRANSPORTATION  AUTHORITY,  THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION
 CREATED BY SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW,  AND THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPO-
 RATION CREATED BY SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES
 LAW, SHALL USE SUCH SPECIFICALLY COMMITTED FUNDS TO RENAME THE President
 Street  subway  station  on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York
 city subway [is hereby named] TO the President  Street  -  Medgar  Evers
 College  station and the Franklin Avenue subway station on the IRT East-
 ern Parkway line [is hereby named] OF THE NEW YORK CITY  SUBWAY  TO  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 accurately reflect the new name of the stations within [such
 time and in such manner as the MTA shall deem appropriate] TEN MONTHS.
   § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2019, relating to directing
 the metropolitan  transportation  authority  to  rename  certain  subway
 stations,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S. 3439-A and A.
 1512-A, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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