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Senate Bill S10535

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Establishes a central business district toll exemption during any period of strike by an employee organization, work stoppage or declared state of emergency

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2025-S10535 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1704-a, V & T L

2025-S10535 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no individual or entity shall be charged a central business district toll during any period of strike by an employee organization, work stoppage or declared state of emergency that causes a stoppage for more than twenty-four hours or significant delays of any metropolitan transportation authority, metro north commuter railroad, New York city transit authority, or Long Island railroad services.

2025-S10535 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10535 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10535
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RHOADS,  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, MARTINS, MATTERA,
   MURRAY, PALUMBO, WEIK -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and  when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing
   a central business district toll exemption during any period of strike
   by  an employee organization, work stoppage or declared state of emer-
   gency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO
 INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY SHALL BE CHARGED A CENTRAL BUSINESS  DISTRICT  TOLL
 DURING  ANY  PERIOD OF STRIKE BY AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, WORK STOPPAGE
 OR DECLARED STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT CAUSES  A  STOPPAGE  FOR  MORE  THAN
 TWENTY-FOUR  HOURS OR SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OF ANY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTA-
 TION AUTHORITY, METRO NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD,  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY,  OR  LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD SERVICES. SIGNIFICANT DELAYS SHALL
 MEAN ANY INTERFERENCE WITH SERVICES AS A RESULT OF A WORK STOPPAGE WHICH
 CAUSES ADDITIONAL PLATFORM TIME, ADDITIONAL TRAIN TIME, OR  MAJOR  INCI-
 DENTS  AS  DEFINED BY SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX-F OF THE PUBLIC
 AUTHORITIES LAW.
   (B) ADDITIONALLY, DURING ANY PERIOD OF STRIKE BY AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZA-
 TION, WORK STOPPAGE OR DECLARED STATE  OF  EMERGENCY,  THE  METROPOLITAN
 TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHALL RETURN ANY CHARGES COLLECTED FROM MONTHLY
 TICKET HOLDERS FOR BUSINESS DAYS IN WHICH SERVICES ARE INTERRUPTED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15938-01-6

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