S09373 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09373 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A09083 |
| SPONSOR | CLEARE |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §1279-m, Pub Auth L | |
| Requires the metropolitan transit authority establish a thirty-day fare cap program which provides customers an unlimited pass for the month after paying a set amount of fares. | |
S09373 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9373 IN SENATE March 5, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 requiring One Metro New York establish a thirty-day fare cap The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1279-m to read as follows: 3 § 1279-m. Monthly fare cap. The authority shall establish and imple- 4 ment a thirty-day fare cap program through One Metro New York which sets 5 the amount of fares a rider shall be charged during a thirty-day period. 6 A rider upon reaching the number of fares paid, shall have an unlimited 7 pass for the remainder of such thirty-day period. Upon completion of 8 such thirty-day period, the number of fares needing to be paid shall be 9 reset. For the purposes of this section, "One Metro New York" shall 10 mean the digital fare payment system being implemented by the authority 11 at subway and bus stations within the metropolitan commuter transporta- 12 tion district and the state of New Jersey. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13699-01-5