Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 05, 2022 | referred to transportation |
Jan 28, 2021 | referred to transportation |
senate Bill S3226
Sponsored By
Jessica Ramos
(D, WF) 13th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
Your Voice
Actions
Co-Sponsors
Zellnor Myrie
(D) 20th Senate District
S3226 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6169
- Current Committee:
- Senate Transportation
- Law Section:
- Public Authorities Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §1266-l, Pub Auth L
S3226 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Prohibits the metropolitan transportation authority from establishing certain limitations relating to wheeled carts and the amount of time customers may remain in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting customers for blocking free movement in a station or on a stairway, elevator, escalator, platform or conveyance.
S3226 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3226 SPONSOR: RAMOS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting the authority from establishing certain limitations relating to wheeled carts and the amount of time fare paying customers may remain in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting fare paying customers for blocking free movement PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To address discriminatory MTA rulings against the homeless which did not follow proper public hearing law. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the public authorities law by adding a new section 1266 which prohibits the authority from: limiting the size of wheeled carts allowed at facilities and conveyances of the authority; limiting the
S3226 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3226 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- 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 prohibiting the authority from establishing certain limitations relating to wheeled carts and the amount of time fare paying customers may remain in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting fare paying customers for blocking free movement 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. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ACTIONS BY THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHOR- ITY SHALL NOT: (A) LIMIT THE SIZE OF WHEELED CARTS ALLOWED AT FACILITIES AND CONVEY- ANCES OF THE AUTHORITY; (B) LIMIT THE LENGTH OF TIME A FARE PAYING CUSTOMER MAY REMAIN IN A PAID FAIR ZONE OF A SUBWAY STATION; (C) EJECT FARE PAYING CUSTOMERS FOR BLOCKING FREE MOVEMENT IN A STATION OR ON A STAIRWAY, ELEVATOR, ESCALATOR, PLATFORM OR CONVEYANCE. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "BLOCKING FREE MOVEMENT" SHALL MEAN INTERFERING WITH OR IMPEDING THE MOVEMENT OF PASSENGERS OR PERSONNEL OF THE AUTHORITY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08246-01-1
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.