| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2025 |
referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
Senate Bill S6943
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 24th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Committee
Actions
2025-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
- Law Section:
- Public Authorities Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §1266-n, Pub Auth L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2011-2012:
S7156
2013-2014: S2304
2015-2016: S2337
2017-2018: S3308
2019-2020: S412
2021-2022: S5686
2023-2024: S4632
2025-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6943
SPONSOR: LANZA
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the provision
of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To provide continued express bus Service to the downtown and midtown,
business districts of Manhattan.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Adds a new Section 1266-k, directs the Metropolitan Transpor-
tation Authority (MTA) to fund and operate existing express bus service
routes servicing the South Shore of Staten Island within the city of New
York to the downtown and midtown business districts of Manhattan.
Section 2. Effective date.
2025-S6943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6943
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 27, 2025
___________
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities
and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the provision
of express bus service to the south shore of Staten Island
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. STATEN ISLAND EXPRESS BUS SERVICE. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY
DIRECTED TO CONTINUE TO FUND AND OPERATE EXPRESS BUS SERVICE TRANSPORT-
ING RIDERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF TOTTENVILLE, RICHMOND VALLEY,
PRINCE'S BAY, PLEASANT PLAINS, CHARLESTON, WOODROW AND ROSSVILLE IN
STATEN ISLAND TO THE DOWNTOWN AND/OR MIDTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICTS OF
MANHATTAN ON ALL ROUTES OPERATING SUCH SERVICE ON APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO
THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX. THE AUTHORITY IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO ASSUME AND
OPERATE THE TWO EXPRESS BUS ROUTES SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF HUGUENOT,
PRINCE'S BAY, WOODROW, ROSSVILLE, ANNADALE AND ARDEN HEIGHTS TO THE
MIDTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT OF MANHATTAN AND BEING OPERATED BY ACADEMY BUS
COMPANY ON APRIL THIRTIETH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND BETTER KNOWN
AS ROUTES NUMBERED X23 AND X24.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10704-01-5
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