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Assembly Bill A6588

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the installation of air quality monitors in all subway stations

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2021-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-l, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A280
2025-2026: A723

2021-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation of air quality monitors in all subway stations; requires data from the air quality monitors to be accessible to the public; requires remedial action to improve air quality when it is found to exceed safe levels.

2021-A6588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6588
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
   installation of air quality monitors in all subway stations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
 section 1266-l to read as follows:
   § 1266-L. AIR QUALITY MONITORS IN SUBWAY STATIONS.  1.  THE  AUTHORITY
 SHALL  INSTALL AIR QUALITY MONITORS INSIDE EVERY SUBWAY STATION AND REAL
 TIME DATA FROM EACH AIR QUALITY  MONITOR  SHALL  BE  ACCESSIBLE  TO  THE
 PUBLIC  ON ITS WEBSITE AND IN THE STATION IN WHICH THE AIR QUALITY MONI-
 TOR IS LOCATED.
   2. THE AIR QUALITY MONITORS SHALL ANALYZE AIR QUALITY ON AT LEAST  TEN
 SEPARATE  OCCASIONS  PER  DAY  IN  THE  SUBWAY STATION IN WHICH THEY ARE
 LOCATED FOR THE PRESENCE OF FINE  PARTICULATES,  WITH  THE  AIR  QUALITY
 BEING  ANALYZED  AT  LEAST  TWICE  DURING THE PERIODS WHEN THERE IS PEAK
 RIDERSHIP DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.
   3. IF AN AIR QUALITY MONITOR INDICATES THAT THE  AIR  QUALITY  EXCEEDS
 SAFE  LEVELS  FOR  FINE PARTICULATES, AS DETERMINED BY THE UNITED STATES
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL  TAKE  IMMEDIATE
 REMEDIAL  ACTION  TO  IMPROVE AIR QUALITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
 INSTALLING AIR FILTERS AND/OR FANS.
   4. THE AUTHORITY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF  HEALTH  SHALL
 DETERMINE  THE COST OF INSTALLING SUBWAY PLATFORM SCREEN DOORS IN SUBWAY
 STATIONS WITH THE WORST AIR QUALITY AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  AIR  QUALITY
 MONITORS INSTALLED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09854-01-1

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