BILL NO A01470
SAME AS No same as
SPONSOR Colton
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S1205, Pub Auth L
Requires that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in
service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line
facilities of the New York city transit authority.
BILL NUMBER:A1470
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in
relation to requiring that notice be given to the community boards
when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit
facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit
authority
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To give community boards advance
notice when service cuts are made in their districts. This hill would
give the affected community boards more time to prepare comments in
response to the cuts and inform the community on their impact.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section
1205 of the public authorities law is amended to include the community
board as an entity the authority is required to give thirty days
written notice to when service cuts are scheduled for their district.
JUSTIFICATION: Under current law, the New York city transit authority
is not required to give community boards notice when there is a
substantial or general change in the levels of service provided by the
authority,
Reductions in transportation service can severely disrupt the lives of
commuters that rely on public transportation to get to school or their
place of employment. Community boards serve as a mediator between
those that reside within their respective district and the various
levels of city government. It is crucial that the affected community
boards are given time to respond and prepare their districts for
potential cuts in service.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2011-12: A.1169/Corps
2009-10: A.11115/Corps
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1470
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring
that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in
service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus
line facilities of the New York city transit authority
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1205 of the public authorities
2 law, as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 4. From and after March first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, no
5 substantial or general change in the levels of service furnished upon
6 the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the
7 authority shall be instituted except upon not less than thirty days'
8 written notice to the mayor [and to], the board of estimate AND THE
9 COMMUNITY BOARD WHOSE AREA OF JURISDICTION INCLUDES THE RAPID TRANSIT
10 FACILITY OR OMNIBUS LINE FACILITY UPON WHICH SUCH CHANGE OF SERVICE WAS
11 FURNISHED.
12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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