STATE OF NEW YORK
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9149--A
IN SENATE
February 6, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to time-delay
mechanisms on emergency exit gates
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-j to read as follows:
3 § 1279-j. Time-delay emergency mechanisms. Notwithstanding any other
4 provision of law, the authority may install and operate time-delay
5 egress mechanisms on emergency exit gates at subway stations operated by
6 the authority. The authority shall be prohibited from using such time-
7 delay egress mechanisms at unstaffed stations. If a station becomes
8 unstaffed, the authority shall be required to deactivate such time-delay
9 mechanism until such station has a trained human station agent phys-
10 ically present and on duty. Further, any time-delay egress mechanism
11 utilized pursuant to this section shall:
12 (a) include override systems in the event of emergencies, including
13 but not limited to fires, power failures, and emergency evacuations; and
14 (b) comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14323-03-6
