NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7747

Senate Bill S7747

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires local community review and approval prior to the implementation of electric scooter programs and installation of electric scooter infrastructure in cities with a population of one million or more

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Transportation Committee

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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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2025-S7747 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8196
Current Committee:: Senate Transportation
Law Section:: Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1290, V & T L

2025-S7747 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S7747 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7747

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
local community review and approval prior to the implementation of elec-
tric scooter programs and installation of electric scooter infrastruc-
ture in cities with a population of one million or more

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To require that the installation of infrastructure related to shared
electric scooters-including docking stations, parking corrals, charging
hubs, and designated riding or parking zones-undergo local community
board review and approval in cities with a population of one million or
more, ensuring that such placements reflect the needs and concerns of
residents and neighborhoods.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill adds a new § 1290 to the vehicle and traffic law

that defines terms, and establishes that in cities with populations of
one million or more, no permanent or semipermanent e-scooter infrastruc-
ture may be installed without:(a) Submission of the proposed site plan
to the community board (or similar community-based advisory body) with
jurisdiction over the area; and (b) A public hearing and formal recom-
mendation issued by the community board. This section also requires the
relevant city agency (e.g., Department of Transportation) to give
substantial consideration to the recommendation of the community board
prior to granting any permits for installation, exempts short-term pilot
programs or emergency installations, provided timely notice is given and
such installations are removed within a prescribed time frame unless
approved through the above process, and mandates review of electric
scooter infrastructure installed within five years prior to the effec-
tive date.

Section two of the bill provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As e-scooters become more prevalent in New York City and other large
urban centers, their infrastructure directly affects public space usage,
pedestrian pathways, and neighborhood aesthetics.  Yet, in many cases,
electric scooter programs have been introduced without meaningful input
from the neighborhoods they impact most.  Communities have had their
sidewalks littered with electric scooters-without ever having been asked
whether they wanted these changes. If these programs are going to be
part of daily life, they shouldn't be thrusted upon them. People who
live there should actually get a say in whether they want them or not.
By putting decision-making power in the hands of the people most
affected, the bill improves safety and helps ensure that new transporta-
tion options, if chosen, actually fit the character and needs of each
neighborhood.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2025-S7747 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7747
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  requiring
   local  community  review  and  approval prior to the implementation of
   electric scooter programs and installation of electric scooter infras-
   tructure in cities with a population of one million or more
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  vehicle  and  traffic law is amended by adding a new
 section 1290 to read as follows:
   § 1290. LOCAL COMMUNITY REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO  THE  IMPLEMENTA-
 TION  OF  ELECTRIC SCOOTER PROGRAMS AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC SCOOTER
 INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION  OR  MORE.  1.
 FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "ELECTRIC  SCOOTER INFRASTRUCTURE" SHALL MEAN, BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO, ANY PHYSICAL EQUIPMENT USED  FOR  THE  PARKING,  CHARGING,  DOCKING,
 INFORMATION  DISSEMINATION,  OR  OPERATIONAL  SUPPORT OF SHARED ELECTRIC
 SCOOTERS. PARKING SHALL INCLUDE THE USE OF A PAINTED CORRAL ON A  PUBLIC
 STREET OR SIDEWALK.
   (B)  "ELECTRIC  SCOOTER"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS SUCH TERM IS
 DEFINED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN-E OF THIS CHAPTER.
   (C) "ELECTRIC SCOOTER PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN ANY SERVICE  OPERATED  BY  A
 CITY  AGENCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA-
 TION, OR A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION OR ENTITY  AUTHORIZED  THROUGH  CONTRACT
 WITH  A  CITY  AGENCY,  OFFERING SHARED ELECTRIC SCOOTERS FOR SHORT-TERM
 PUBLIC RENTAL.
   2. IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, NO ELECTRIC
 SCOOTER PROGRAM SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED, AND NO PERMANENT OR SEMI-PERMANENT
 ELECTRIC SCOOTER INFRASTRUCTURE SHALL BE INSTALLED ON ANY STREET,  SIDE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11811-02-5
 S. 7747                             2

 
 WALK,  OR  OTHER  PUBLIC SPACE UNLESS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN
 MET:
   (A) THE PROPOSED PROGRAM OR SITE PLAN HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE COMMU-
 NITY  BOARD,  OR SIMILAR COMMUNITY-BASED ADVISORY BODY WITH JURISDICTION
 OVER THE PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION AREA, FOR REVIEW; AND
   (B) A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN HELD BY SUCH COMMUNITY  BOARD  OR  BODY,
 AND  A  FORMAL  WRITTEN  RECOMMENDATION  HAS  BEEN ISSUED CONCERNING THE
 PROPOSED PROGRAM OR INSTALLATION.
   3. THE RELEVANT CITY AGENCY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE  DEPART-
 MENT  OF  TRANSPORTATION,  SHALL  GIVE  SUBSTANTIAL CONSIDERATION TO THE
 RECOMMENDATION ISSUED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION  PRIOR
 TO  APPROVING OR ISSUING ANY PERMIT FOR SUCH PROGRAM OR INSTALLATION. NO
 ELECTRIC SCOOTER PROGRAM OR ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC  SCOOTER  INFRASTRUCTURE
 SHALL  BE  IMPLEMENTED  OR  INSTALLED  IN A DISTRICT WHERE THE COMMUNITY
 BOARD HAS ISSUED A DISAPPROVAL RECOMMENDATION.
   4. THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY
 TO EMERGENCY INSTALLATIONS OF ELECTRIC SCOOTER INFRASTRUCTURE  NECESSARY
 TO  ADDRESS  IMMEDIATE  PUBLIC  SAFETY OR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, PROVIDED
 TIMELY NOTICE IS GIVEN TO THE APPLICABLE COMMUNITY BOARD  AND  ANY  SUCH
 INFRASTRUCTURE IS REMOVED WITHIN NINETY DAYS UNLESS APPROVED PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   5.  ANY  PERMANENT  OR  SEMI-PERMANENT ELECTRIC SCOOTER INFRASTRUCTURE
 THAT WAS INSTALLED WITHIN FIVE YEARS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO  THE  REVIEW  AND  RECOMMENDATION  PROCESS
 DESCRIBED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. THE RELEVANT CITY AGENCY
 SHALL SUBMIT SUCH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE  FOR  COMMUNITY  BOARD  REVIEW
 WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. INFRASTRUCTURE
 NOT  RECEIVING  COMMUNITY  BOARD  APPROVAL  WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF REVIEW
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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