STATE OF NEW YORK
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10060--B
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amend-
ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the
IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Upon a determination by the Metropolitan Transportation
2 Authority or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient funds
3 have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the
4 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the public benefit corporation
5 created by section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New
6 York City Transit Authority, the public benefit corporation created by
7 section 1201 of the public authorities law, shall use such specif-
8 ically committed funds to rename the Newkirk Avenue subway station on
9 the IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York city subway to the Newkirk
10 Avenue - Little Haiti station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs
11 and any other items issued by the MTA are updated to accurately
12 reflect the new name of the station within ten months.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed
14 repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately updated.
15 The chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
16 or president of the New York City Transit Authority shall notify the
17 legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of such updates
18 in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effec-
19 tive data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York
20 in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the
21 legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15477-05-0
