STATE OF NEW YORK
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2363
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 16, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 exempting
health care workers from congestion pricing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. The Triborough bridge and tunnel authority shall implement a plan
4 for credits and/or exemptions for tolls paid on bridges and crossings
5 for all health care workers. For the purposes of this subdivision,
6 "health care worker" shall mean any person working as a physician,
7 physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, registered professional
8 nurse, licensed practical nurse, clinical nurse specialist, certified
9 nurse assistant, physiotherapist, chiropractor, medical assistant,
10 specialist assistant, pathologists' assistant, medical technician,
11 respiratory therapy technician, medical technologist, diagnostic medical
12 sonographer, emergency medical technician, paramedic, phlebotomist,
13 clinical support aid and any others recommended by the traffic mobility
14 review board.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment
17 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
18 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
19 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06122-01-5
