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Senate Bill S9186

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain armed forces, firefighters, and police

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2025-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Transportation
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L

2025-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, to establish a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for certain active duty, reserves, retired armed forces members, firefighters, and police officers.

2025-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9186 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9186
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CHAN  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation  to  a  no  fare
   program  for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road, the New York
   city transit authority, and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad  Company
   for certain armed forces members, firefighters, and police officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of  the  public  authorities
 law,  as  amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
 as follows:
   14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the  terms  of  any
 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
 THE  NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND THE METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAIL-
 ROAD COMPANY, shall establish and implement a no fare program for trans-
 portation on the Long Island  Rail  Road,  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY  TRANSIT
 AUTHORITY  SYSTEMS,  AND  THE  METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD COMPANY for
 ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVES, AND RETIRED ARMED FORCES MEMBERS,  INCLUDING  BUT
 NOT LIMITED TO, THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ARMY NATIONAL
 GUARD,  THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, THE NEW YORK NAVAL MILITIA, THE NEW YORK
 GUARD, AND SUCH ADDITIONAL FORCES AS MAY BE CREATED BY  THE  FEDERAL  OR
 STATE  GOVERNMENT  AS  AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND RESERVE ARMED FORCES; FIRE-
 FIGHTERS EMPLOYED BY OR RETIRED FROM SERVICE WITH FIRE  DEPARTMENTS  AND
 VOLUNTEER  FIRE  DEPARTMENTS  ACTIVE  WITHIN  THE  METROPOLITAN COMMUTER
 TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE NEW YORK  CITY
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT,  THE  PORT  AUTHORITY  OF  NEW  YORK  AND NEW JERSEY'S
 AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING UNIT, AND COUNTY AND LOCAL FIRE DEPART-
 MENTS; AND police officers employed by [the city of New York, county  of
 Nassau,  Nassau  county  villages and cities, county of Suffolk, Suffolk
 county villages and towns,] OR RETIRED FROM SERVICE WITH  COUNTY,  CITY,
 TOWN,  AND  VILLAGE  POLICE DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER
 TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT, the division of state police, the port authori-
 ty of New York and New Jersey, [the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Compa-
 ny,] the New York city housing authority and the [New York city  transit

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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