Establishes a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5244
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 20, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 establishing
a no fare program for individuals serving as full-time employees of
the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the
Metro-North Commuter railroad company
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
3 20. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of
4 any contract, the authority, in consultation with the New York city
5 transit authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter
6 railroad company, shall establish and implement a no fare program for
7 transportation on New York city transit authority systems, the Long
8 Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company for indi-
9 viduals serving as full-time employees of the New York city transit
10 authority, the Long Island Railroad and the Metro-North Commuter rail-
11 road company.
12 (b) In order to be eligible for such no fare program the full-time
13 employees of the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail-
14 road and the Metro-North Commuter railroad company must show their agen-
15 cy issued identification card.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
17 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
18 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
19 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
20 completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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