Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5793
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 20, 2025
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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 requiring
fare parity for paratransit services operated by certain authorities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
20. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF LAW, OR THE TERMS OF ANY
CONTRACT, WHERE THE AUTHORITY OFFERS PARATRANSIT SERVICE TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR
HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT PREVENT THEM FROM USING THE PUBLIC BUSES AND
SUBWAYS OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY FOR SOME OR ALL OF THEIR TRIPS, SUCH
PARATRANSIT SERVICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE AT THE SAME FARES FOR INDI-
VIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR HEALTH CONDITIONS WHO ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE
THE PUBLIC BUSES AND SUBWAYS OPERATED BY THE AUTHORITY.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09850-01-5
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