assembly Bill A6169

2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 05, 2022 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Mar 10, 2021 referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

A6169 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3226
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1266-l, Pub Auth L

A6169 (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.

A6169 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6169
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 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