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Assembly Bill A1588

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to establish one or more transportation improvement districts

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2021-A1588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Yonkers, City of
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4446
2011-2012: A2552
2013-2014: A3976
2015-2016: A2313
2017-2018: A1583
2019-2020: A3259
2023-2024: A853
2025-2026: A6806

2021-A1588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Yonkers to establish one or more transportation improvement districts to improve transportation in certain critical areas of the city.

2021-A1588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1588
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00142-01-1

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