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A08127 Summary:

BILL NOA08127
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06430
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRDe La Rosa, Otis, Carroll, Reyes
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §1269-b, Pub Auth L
 
Provides that in formulating its capital program plans, the metropolitan transportation authority shall develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements.
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A08127 Actions:

BILL NOA08127
 
06/03/2019referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
06/06/2019reported referred to rules
01/08/2020referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
07/13/2020reported referred to rules
07/21/2020reported
07/21/2020rules report cal.239
07/21/2020ordered to third reading rules cal.239
07/21/2020passed assembly
07/21/2020delivered to senate
07/21/2020REFERRED TO RULES
07/22/2020SUBSTITUTED FOR S6430
07/22/20203RD READING CAL.793
07/22/2020PASSED SENATE
07/22/2020RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
11/20/2020delivered to governor
12/02/2020signed chap.309
12/02/2020approval memo.21
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A08127 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8127
 
SPONSOR: Dinowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To require the MTA to develop and make public criteria on how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one adds a new subdivision ten to section 1269-b of the public authorities law to require the MTA to develop a criteria for determining how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements. Section two of this bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Accessibility remains a pressing issue for New York City transit subway stations. Roughly a quarter of the city's 472 stations have elevators, which represents one of the lowest percentages of any major metropolitan system. Many New Yorkers with disabilities live too far from the closest accessible station to utilize the system. This bill would require the MTA, in the formulating of its capital plans, to develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements. To ensure such prioritization is equitable, the criteria shall include various factors, such as census tract data on senior and disabled populations. Additionally, such crite- ria shall be made publically available to increase transparency.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08127 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8127
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 3, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  authorities law, in relation to capital
          program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 1269-b of the public authorities law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
     3    10. In formulating its capital  program  plans,  the  authority  shall
     4  develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for
     5  accessibility  improvements.  Such  criteria  shall  include, but not be
     6  limited to:   citywide geographic coverage;  transit  transfer  options;
     7  annual ridership volume; census tract data for senior and disabled popu-
     8  lations  and  percentage  of  those  populations in poverty; residential
     9  density of surrounding neighborhoods; and proximity to medical  centers,
    10  schools,  parks,  business  districts, cultural hubs and senior centers.
    11  Such criteria shall be made publicly available as well as the  methodol-
    12  ogy used to establish the criteria.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13122-01-9
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