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Assembly Bill A6646

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in conjunction with the New York city transit authority, to develop certain tickets

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2025-A6646 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4411
Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§1266-n & 1219-b, Pub Auth L

2025-A6646 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in conjunction with the New York city transit authority, to develop weekly and monthly tickets valid for optional, discounted transfers between such authorities.

2025-A6646 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6646
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. ALVAREZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public  authorities  law,  in  relation  to  tickets
   purchased  for  the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter
   Railroad Company

   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-n to read as follows:
   § 1266-N. LONG ISLAND RAIL  ROAD  AND  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER  RAILROAD
 COMPANY;  TRANSFERS  TO NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
 PROVISION OF LAW, GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL, THE AUTHORITY, IN  CONJUNC-
 TION  WITH THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLE-
 MENT A WEEKLY AND A MONTHLY TICKET VALID FOR OPTIONAL, DISCOUNTED TRANS-
 FERS BETWEEN THE LONG ISLAND RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH  COMMUTER
 RAILROAD  COMPANY  TO  THE  NEW  YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBWAYS AND
 BUSES.
   § 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
 1219-b to read as follows:
   § 1219-B. AUTHORITY; TRANSFERS TO LONG ISLAND RAILROAD AND METRO-NORTH
 COMMUTER  RAILROAD  COMPANY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,
 GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE METRO-
 POLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, SHALL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT  A  WEEKLY
 AND  A  MONTHLY  TICKET VALID FOR OPTIONAL, DISCOUNTED TRANSFERS BETWEEN
 THE AUTHORITY SUBWAYS AND BUSES TO THE LONG ISLAND  RAIL  ROAD  AND  THE
 METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08750-01-5

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