S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9081
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
September 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the
Nostrand Avenue train station on the Long Island Rail Road to the
Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters at Nostrand Avenue station; and
providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Upon a determination by the metropolitan transportation
authority or the New York city transit authority that sufficient funds
have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of
the public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
to rename the Nostrand Avenue train station on the Long Island Rail
Road, located in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, to the Chabad
Lubavitch World Headquarters at Nostrand Avenue station. The metropol-
itan transportation authority shall ensure that all signs and any other
items issued by the metropolitan transportation authority are updated to
accurately reflect the new name of the station. Such renaming shall not
affect the rights or obligations of any party with respect to existing
contracts, permits, or other agreements referencing the prior station
name.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately
updated. The chief executive officer of the metropolitan transportation
authority or president of the New York city transit authority shall
notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of
such updates in order that the commission 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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