Directs the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study on the effects of the congestion surcharge imposed in lower Manhattan, including impacts to residents and businesses in the congestion zone, and any reduction in emissions resulting from such surcharge; requires a report on the findings of such study to be submitted no later than 2 years after the effective date.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4587
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 4, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation
AN ACT directing the commissioner of transportation to conduct a study
on the effects of the congestion surcharge imposed in lower Manhattan
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with
the commissioner of economic development, shall conduct a study on the
effects of the congestion surcharge.
§ 2. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, a comprehensive
review of the following:
(a) impacts to residents and businesses located in the congestion zone
from the congestion surcharge; and
(b) any reduction in emissions in the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten
Island stemming from the congestion surcharge.
§ 3. Upon request, any state or local agency or other governmental
entity shall submit to the commissioner of transportation, any informa-
tion the commissioner of transportation shall deem necessary for the
completion of the study under this act.
§ 4. The commissioner of transportation shall create a comprehensive
report on the findings of the study under this act, including any legis-
lative recommendations, and shall submit such report to the governor,
the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly
no later than two years after the effective date of this act.
§ 5. For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) "congestion surcharge" means the surcharge imposed pursuant to
article twenty-nine-C of the tax law.
(b) "congestion zone" means the geographic area of the city of New
York, in the borough of Manhattan, south of and excluding 96th street.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08730-01-5
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