S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5672
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 19, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to observing Atlantic time
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The secretary of state shall develop and submit an applica-
tion to the federal government requesting that the state observe the
Atlantic Time Zone.
§ 2. Section 52 of the general construction law, as amended by chapter
377 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
§ 52. Time, standard. 1. The standard time throughout this state is
that of the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of longitude west from
Greenwich, except as hereinafter provided, and all courts and public
officers, and legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated there-
by.
2. At two o'clock ante meridian on the [last] SECOND Sunday in [April]
MARCH of each year the standard time throughout this state shall be
advanced one hour from that of the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of
longitude west from Greenwich, and the time so advanced shall continue
to be standard time throughout this state until the [last] FIRST Sunday
in [October] NOVEMBER of the same year, when such standard time, as so
advanced, shall be retarded to that of the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH
meridian west from Greenwich; and during such period in each year all
courts and public officers, and legal and official proceedings, shall be
regulated in accordance therewith.
§ 3. Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New York
is amended to read as follows:
§ 2-106 Daylight saving time; effect thereof on public proceedings.
The standard time throughout the city of New York is that of the [seven-
ty-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, except
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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that at two o'clock ante-meridian of the [last] SECOND Sunday in [April]
MARCH of each year such standard time throughout the city shall be
advanced one hour, and at two o'clock ante-meridian of the [last] FIRST
Sunday in [October] NOVEMBER of each year, such standard time shall, by
the retarding of one hour, be returned to the mean astronomical time of
the [seventy-fifth] SIXTIETH meridian of longitude west from Greenwich,
and all courts, public offices and legal and official proceedings shall
be regulated thereby.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
section one of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by
the states of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania of legislation
having an identical effect with this act, but if the states of Connecti-
cut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania shall have already enacted such legis-
lation, section one of this act shall take effect immediately; provided
further, however, that sections two and three of this act shall take
effect at two o'clock ante meridian on the first Sunday of November next
succeeding the approval of an application by the state to the federal
government requesting that the state observe the Atlantic Time Zone;
provided that the secretary of state shall notify the legislative bill
drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legis-
lation provided for in section one of this act and upon the occurrence
of the approval of the application to the federal government requesting
that the state observe the Atlantic Time Zone in order that the commis-
sion may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the
official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of
effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and
section 70-b of the public officers law.