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Assembly Bill A7316

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the Fair Fares NYC program

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2025-A7316 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2025-A7316 - Summary

Requires that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is two hundred percent of the federal poverty level receive a fifty percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North Railroad; defines terms.

2025-A7316 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7316
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law,  in  relation  to  the  Fair
   Fares NYC program
 
   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 16-a to read as follows:
   16-A.  (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS OF
 ANY CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY OF NEW  YORK,
 SHALL  EXPAND THE FAIR FARES NYC PROGRAM TO PERMIT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
 ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM AND ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE INCOME IS TWO  HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL TO RECEIVE A FIFTY PERCENT DISCOUNT
 ON  TRIPS USING THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD OR METRO-NORTH RAILROAD WITHIN
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FAIR FARES NYC  PROGRAM"  SHALL
 HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AND ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER
 TWELVE OF TITLE SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE RULES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  WHICH
 PROVIDES A FIFTY PERCENT FARE DISCOUNT FOR DESIGNATED TRANSIT OPTIONS.
   (C)  ADDITIONALLY,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL CONSULT WITH THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK IN CONDUCTING A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PUBLIC  AWARE-
 NESS AND EXPAND USAGE OF THE FAIR FARES NYC PROGRAM BY ELIGIBLE INDIVID-
 UALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03576-01-5

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2025-A7316A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2025-A7316A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is two hundred percent of the federal poverty level receive a fifty percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North Railroad; defines terms.

2025-A7316A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7316--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS, TAPIA, SIMONE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public authorities law, in relation to the Fair
   Fares act

   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 16-a to read as follows:
   16-A. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW OR THE TERMS  OF
 ANY  CONTRACT, THE AUTHORITY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
 SHALL EXPAND THE FAIR FARES NYC PROGRAM TO PERMIT ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO  IS
 ELIGIBLE  FOR THE PROGRAM AND ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE INCOME IS TWO HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL TO RECEIVE A FIFTY PERCENT DISCOUNT
 ON TRIPS USING THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD, PARATRANSIT SERVICES, NEW YORK
 CITY TRANSIT SUBWAYS OR BUSES, AND/OR METRO-NORTH RAILROAD.
   (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "FAIR FARES NYC  PROGRAM"  SHALL
 HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AND ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER
 TWELVE OF TITLE SIXTY-EIGHT OF THE RULES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,  WHICH
 PROVIDES A FIFTY PERCENT FARE DISCOUNT FOR DESIGNATED TRANSIT OPTIONS.
   (C)  ADDITIONALLY,  THE  AUTHORITY  SHALL CONSULT WITH THE CITY OF NEW
 YORK IN CONDUCTING A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE PUBLIC  AWARE-
 NESS AND EXPAND USAGE OF THE FAIR FARES NYC PROGRAM BY ELIGIBLE INDIVID-
 UALS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03576-05-5

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