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Senate Bill S8051

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 190th street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue line to the 190th street Fort Tryon Park station

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2025-S8051 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Metropolitan Transportation Authority

2025-S8051 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 190th street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue line to the 190th street - Fort Tryon Park station.

2025-S8051 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8051
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority and  the  New
   York  city transit authority to rename the 190th street subway station
   on the IND Eighth Avenue line to the 190th street -  Fort  Tryon  Park
   station;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
   tion 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 190th Street subway station on the IND Eighth Avenue  line
 of  the  New  York  city  subway  to  the 190th Street - Fort Tryon Park
 station.  The metropolitan 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed  after  the  signs  and  any other items are accurately
 updated.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13100-02-5

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