Prohibits the metropolitan transportation authority from establishing certain limitations relating to wheeled carts and the amount of time customers may remain in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting customers for blocking free movement in a station or on a stairway, elevator, escalator, platform or conveyance.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2567
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 26, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
the authority from establishing certain limitations relating to
wheeled carts and the amount of time fare paying customers may remain
in certain areas of subway stations and from ejecting fare paying
customers for blocking free movement
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 1266-m to read as follows:
3 § 1266-m. Prohibition of certain actions by the authority. The author-
4 ity shall not:
5 (a) limit the size of wheeled carts allowed at facilities and convey-
6 ances of the authority;
7 (b) limit the length of time a fare paying customer may remain in a
8 paid fair zone of a subway station;
9 (c) eject fare paying customers for blocking free movement in a
10 station or on a stairway, elevator, escalator, platform or conveyance.
11 For the purposes of this section, the term "blocking free movement"
12 shall mean interfering with or impeding the movement of passengers or
13 personnel of the authority.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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