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New York Assembly Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
Bill Bill Name Progress Referral Date
A00034 Provides that the thruway authority shall issue permits for ambulances and fire vehicles exempting such vehicles from paying tolls on the thruway when engaged in an emergency operation. Crossed Over 01/08/2025
A00062 Prohibits the imposition and collection of a fare, toll, rental, rate, charge or other fee on the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00095 Directs the MTA to establish a half fare rate program for veterans. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00144 Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agencies; provides that the MTA shall hold a public hearing on any proposed closings. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00173 Relates to the applicability of open meetings and freedom of information laws to certain not-for-profit corporations. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00190 Requires broadband providers to offer high speed broadband service to certain low-income consumers at a cost of not more than five dollars per month. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00215 Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property generated by state employees or developed through state-funded research which shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of the intellectual property and up-to-date contact information for each item. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00379 Allows the New York state thruway authority to provide a discounted toll rate to farmers transporting agricultural products. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00496 Relates to certain duties and responsibilities of cemetery corporations; requires disclosure of the dimensions of spacing between plots, lots, or parts thereof; provides for the filing of consumer complaints. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00551 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for police officers employed in a police force of a city with a population of one million or more. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00589 Relates to port authority organization, appearance and notice; establishes the port authority transportation advisory committee. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00594 Requires every utility corporation to provide an expenditures and lobbying report by March 31, 2026 and every semi-annual period thereafter to the department of public service. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00642 Requires the MTA to hold hearings in each county affected by proposed fare increases, major reductions of transportation and/or major service changes; does not apply to standard seasonal or holiday adjustments, temporary changes due to routine maintenance and/or temporary changes in response to emergency situations; requires the authority to hold a hearing in each county of a service area that is affected by the proposed change(s) in fares or services, provided that such hearings be limited to o In Committee 01/08/2025
A00681 Relates to the installation of water monitoring systems at class C high hazard dams; provides requirements for the provision of information by water monitoring systems installed at certain dams about the water level and flood risk at such dams. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00714 Relates to the approval of certain public authorities' contracts by the state comptroller. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00715 Relates to the general powers and duties of the canal corporation; requires the canal corporation to cause the locks and lift bridges of the canal system to be operated May first through November fifteenth annually; requires the canal corporation to maintain and preserve the Erie Canal's historic resources; permits certain usage of the canal system's state drydocks, travel lifts, and other facilities for commercial boat companies. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00723 Requires the installation of air quality monitors in all subway stations; requires data from the air quality monitors to be accessible to the public; requires remedial action to improve air quality when it is found to exceed safe levels. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00758 Establishes the diversity in investment act requiring certain venture capital companies to report diversity information about its funding determinations; requires reports to be published on the venture capital companies' websites; establishes penalties for failure to complete and publish such reports. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00801 Expedites MTA capital project improvement, construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation by establishing a process for utility relocation necessary for such project. In Committee 05/02/2025
A00943 Requires legislative approval for any change in the state agency or agency subdivision which has management and control, including but not limited to management and control over its maintenance and oversight, of any portion of the barge canal. In Committee 01/08/2025
A00953 Prohibits utility corporations from imposing late fees, interest, or penalties during an investigation by the commission; allows retroactive late fees, interest, or penalties if a determination is made in favor of such utility corporation; prohibits utility services from being terminated during an investigation by the commission; requires utility corporations to notify customers of investigations; requires notice to the general public; requires the public service commission to prepare reports on In Committee 01/08/2025
A01005 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01024 Directs telecommunications and cable corporations to provide call center service assistance from centers located within the state and such corporations' service areas; includes a list of what services must be provided. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01032 Updates value capture mechanisms for NYC and the MTA, including transparency requirements; makes such provisions permanent. In Committee 01/08/2025
A01139 Requires cable companies to charge the same rate for the same service to different subscribers. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01162 Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01163 Requires piping supplies expenses to be included as an acceptable expense for purposes of calculating a financial benefit, tax credit or other incentive to an owner of real property to improve energy efficiency to a building or structure pursuant to any energy efficiency program overseen by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01174 Establishes a central business district toll exemption for officers and employees of the city of New York, first responders, physicians, nurses, and people entering the city for medical treatment. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01203 Authorizes the Dormitory Authority to provide public financing options to build new police facilities in areas that currently have one police precinct or facility covering 300,000 or more people. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01231 Relates to the definition of office and the content of notices published in newspapers. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01240 Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01270 Requires the notification of a public utility company's or municipality's customers when the supply rate increases by at least forty percent and to notify such customers of bill assistance programs by posting on the utility company's website. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01299 Increases civil penalties on certain combination gas and electric corporations that fail to comply with the public service law. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01313 Relates to allowing two automatic free transfers for riders using pay-per-ride Metrocards. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01401 Provides that the port authority shall prohibit nonstop flights to or from points beyond one thousand five hundred miles, except on Saturdays and flights to Denver, Colorado, from flying to or from LaGuardia airport, an air terminal of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01409 Extends and expands the scope of the on-demand E-hail paratransit pilot to include an additional 1,200 users. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01438 Establishes the zero-emission industrial trucks grant program to be administered by NYSERDA, to encourage the purchase and lease of zero-emission industrial trucks, class I to III. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01441 Strengthens provisions relating to complaint handling procedures by the public service commission; requires certain response times. Crossed Over 01/09/2025
A01454 Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems. In Committee 01/09/2025
A01619 Eliminates the MTA's exemption from environmental quality review standards established by article 8 of the environmental conservation law. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01661 Requires the MTA to submit an annual report on all minor and major contract cost overruns; establishes such report shall include a list of all contracts where overruns exceed one million dollars, all contracting firms involved, the winning bid amounts, the actual costs incurred, a description of the project, completion delays, and an analysis of why the contract bid amount was exceeded. In Committee 01/10/2025
A01717 Relates to appointments to the water board of the city of New York; specifies who shall appoint each member. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01770 Establishes a discount fare rate of no less than 25% for full-time undergraduate students attending an accredited college who utilize the New York city transit system, including railroad, subway and/or omnibus services. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01789 Authorizes the state of New York mortgage agency to purchase construction mortgages from banks within the state during periods when there is an inadequate supply of credit available for new residential mortgages or available for such loans at carrying charges within the financial means of persons and families of low and moderate income. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01829 Provides that farmers shall receive an exemption from tolls when transporting products to the city of New York for consumption in such city, subject to an appropriation for the 2027-28 state fiscal year. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01833 Increases the number of members in the public service commission from five to seven members. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01841 Authorizes one or more individuals who are under a shared contract to opt-out of such contract without a fee, penalty or charge due to status as a domestic violence victim; prohibits the company from transferring any contractual or billing responsibility of such shared contract to any other account holders on such shared contract; prevents companies from prohibiting a person who has opted-out due to domestic violence status to enter into a new contract. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01880 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd station the Lefferts Blvd-Little Guyana station. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01884 Provides that any resident of Rockland county or Orange county shall not be charged a toll for entry into or remaining in the central business district in New York city. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01906 Requires a system for notifying customers of bed bug infestations on MTA subways, trains and buses, within 24 hours of discovering such infestation. Crossed Over 01/14/2025
A01932 Allows the New York state AFL-CIO to select one of the five voting members to the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 01/14/2025
A01975 Requires certain companies and corporations to report certain data regarding the gender, race and ethnicity of their employees. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02010 Requires that notice be given to the community boards when there is a change in service furnished upon the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the New York city transit authority. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02016 Requires the state comptroller to approve any attempt to privatize a public bus service by a locality. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02034 Directs the secretary of state to develop and implement an adopt-a-rural-cemetery program for the purposes of improving, repairing, and maintaining cemeteries in rural communities which are registered with and overseen by the division of cemeteries; allows municipalities to opt in to the program. In Committee 01/14/2025
A02063 Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge more than ten times per month while using a New York customer service E-ZPass account. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02090 Relates to reporting on the metropolitan transportation authority's state of good repair; requires the reporting to be published on the authority's website, outlining the repairs and investments needed to restore the authority's existing transit systems to a state of good repair. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02099 Exempts Staten Island residents from Verrazzano-Narrows bridge tolls; directs the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to create applications for such exemptions. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02101 Establishes the green affordable pre-electrification program to assist owners and tenants in residential properties in curing structural and building code defects which render the properties ineligible for improvements or projects relating to energy savings, green-house gas emissions reductions, climate change adaptation and resiliency project grants; establishes the energy efficiency and electrification interagency coordination group to coordinate between certain energy efficiency programs. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02117 Directs revenues from tolls collected on the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge to be applied to expansion of bus rapid transit and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in the borough of Staten Island. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02127 Establishes the Hudson Valley power authority to own and operate electricity service and to create or acquire one or more wholly owned subsidiaries or membership interests in subsidiaries; establishes energy observatory corporations for studying and enabling effective community governance of power authorities; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02144 Exempts residents of lower Manhattan and Staten Island from the congestion surcharge imposed under the tax law. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02157 Directs the board to submit a recommendation regarding the central business district toll amounts to the legislature and also to recommend a privacy risk plan. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02223 Directs the New York thruway authority to develop and implement a toll discount program waiving additional costs for tolls related to travel on the New York state thruway for certain individuals who do not maintain an E-Z Pass account. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02235 Provides for a two percent cap on rate increases imposed by utilities. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02246 Relates to requiring approval by the comptroller for a toll increase by the New York state thruway authority. In Committee 01/15/2025
A02364 Protects valuable community services affected by the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of religious corporations. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02378 Enacts the regional broadband expansion and access program act; relates to the cost of expanding broadband access. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02382 Provides for the appeal of disputes between shareholders and boards of directors of residential cooperatives to a hearing officer appointed by the attorney general. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02400 Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02407 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to establish a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for individuals in active military service of the United States and active duty members of the New York national guard, upon showing a military or national guard identification card. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02429 Directs the department of public service to prepare a written report on the affordability of water services for commercial and residential customers within 180 days of effectiveness; requires an updated report to be submitted one year after the initial report. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02430 Requires the public service commission to develop a formula for the calculation of a residential water cost index; requires each water-works corporation and municipal water system serving one thousand customers or more to calculate and submit to the public service commission its residential water cost index; requires the public service commission to publish a report on the residential water cost index of each applicable water-works corporation and municipal water system. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02431 Clarifies how certain non-billing information regarding the delivery of water is disclosed to residents of cooperatives, condominiums or multi-family dwellings; requires water-works corporations to notify customers of their ability to receive non-billing related information. In Committee 01/16/2025
A02447 Requires utilities to notify property owners prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that may interfere with a property owner's ability to use, or access such owner's property; requires notice to include, but not limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, any road closures or detours that may occur due to such work, any action that may directly and materially impact the use of such property, and th In Committee 01/17/2025
A02470 Makes all costs and expenses of the department of public service and public service commission subject to appropriation by the legislature on the certification of the chair of the department and upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02479 Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature. In Committee 01/17/2025
A02593 Limits robocalls to state residents; requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customers. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02599 Requires electric companies to provide alternative measures to ensure customers with documented need for essential electricity for medical needs have access to electricity during power outages; requires electric companies to provide generators or lodging for such individuals and transportation for medical devices. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02604 Provides a reimbursement to small businesses and residential consumers of certain utilities for failure to provide contracted services; requires the Long Island power authority to do the same. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02605 Requires the results of any outage management system stress test conducted in the state by a utility company to be posted online and such results to be sent to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the senate and assembly standing committees on energy. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02609 Relates to the metropolitan commuter transportation authority establishing and implementing a policy for responsible management of vegetation and other activities that impact neighboring properties in order to preserve the safety and efficiency of commuter rail operations by implementing guidelines for removal and management policies. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02614 Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance by reviewing mitigating factors including but not limited to mitigating factors and the specifics surrounding the violation or violations. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02636 Establishes a local authorities searchable subsidy and economic development benefits database; relates to the obligations of certain industrial development agencies and local development corporations. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02638 Establishes the Long Island transportation account within the New York city transportation assistance fund. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02653 Repeals the requirement that the senate vote to confirm the appointment of certain chief executive officers within a certain time period; amends certain provisions of law relating thereto. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02657 Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02670 Requires cell towers to be equipped with a back-up power source in case of a power outage. In Committee 01/21/2025
A02720 Enacts the solar for schools act which provides grants for eligible school districts to purchase and install solar and geothermal power sources; defines terms; directs the New York state energy and research development authority to establish such grant program; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof; makes an appropriation therefor. In Committee 01/22/2025
A02746 Relates to the number of persons recommended for appointment to the Republic airport commission for the governor to choose from which shall be a list of no fewer than three persons. In Committee 01/22/2025
A03024 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a student fare program for trains and buses which discounts three train and/or bus fares each weekday equal to the standard pay-per-ride fare. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03025 Enacts the "utility materials disclosure act" to require investor-owned energy utilities publish on its customer-facing website both its promotional and educational materials and file such materials with the public service commission. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03043 Requires the Metropolitan transportation authority to hold an annual public seminar on new innovations that provide opportunities to discover new and emerging methods as such relate to the purpose of the Metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03083 Enacts the "disadvantaged communities commitment act"; requires investor-owned energy utilities to collect and publish data on disadvantaged communities in certain service areas and file such statistics with the public service commission. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03086 Relates to the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board; provides that such assessment shall be adopted by not less than a majority of members of the authority in the office, except in the event of a tie. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03142 Provides that funds recovered from public authorities for the provision of governmental services and allocated to the independent authorities budget office shall only be used for direct expenses of the authorities budget office and may not be used for fringe benefits and indirect costs. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03165 Relates to requiring telephone corporations, cable television companies, and internet service providers to automatically refund its customers when their service is not working; provides such credit shall be given even when the service is not working for less than a twenty-four hour period. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03177 Requires the mobilization of the New York guard for certain power outages; requires power outage restoration training for members of the New York guard. In Committee 01/23/2025
A03224 Allows the New York state medical care facilities finance agency to issue one billion eight hundred thousand dollars more of certain bonds and notes. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 01/23/2025
A03272 Relates to the election by certain counties to withdraw from the metropolitan commuter transportation district; permits the counties of Orange and Rockland to make such election. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03288 Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to implement a free fare program on the Long Island Rail Road for firefighters employed by the city of New York. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03291 Requires the suspension of the collection of tolls on public roads during a state declaration of disaster emergency on the New York state thruway. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03380 Exempts the metropolitan transportation authority from the requirement to reimburse the state for state services provided to such authority. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03413 Grants each of the representatives of the counties of Dutchess, Putnam, Orange and Rockland a vote during the proceedings of the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03414 Enacts the "internet service outage consumer protection act"; requires every internet service provider operating in this state to issue a prorated bill credit to consumers for any internet service outage lasting more than one hour. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03454 Authorizes and directs the metropolitan transportation authority to implement a fare refund program for canceled or delayed Long Island Rail Road trains. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03471 Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process by creating an online application process and notifying applicants throughout the process via email. In Committee 01/27/2025
A03509 Directs the MTA to establish a reduced fare program in the metropolitan transportation authority for veterans who are students. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03511 Directs the MTA to establish a reduced or free fare program for disabled veterans. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03546 Eliminates the requirement that limited liability companies publish their articles of organization and that certain partnerships publish their registrations; establishes the department of state modernization fund. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03547 Relates to information cable television companies must provide to subscribers regarding availability of required equipment at retail. In Committee 01/28/2025
A03691 Prohibits telephone corporations from charging a caller any increased rates, charges, or fees for long-distance or other calls without first notifying such caller. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03717 Requires on-bill financing be an option for certain energy efficiency services; requires the disclosure of on-bill financing prior to the sale of real property. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03718 Provides for toll reimbursement for port authority of New York and New Jersey employees for entering or exiting the port authority port district, the twenty-five mile radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03726 Requires cable television companies to offer cable television channels on an individual basis; provides that the public service commission be responsible for approving rates. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03739 Creates the New York title guaranty authority to initiate and operate a program which shall offer guaranties of real property titles in this state. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03743 Provides that each electric corporation shall establish a unique priority phone number that shall remain in operation every day of the year for customers who have documented their need for essential electricity for medical needs; makes related provisions. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03753 Enacts the "cellular mapping act"; requires the public service commission to review cellular services within the state; requires the expansion of cellular services. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03856 Requires the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to reimburse certain individuals from transit deserts when they travel into the central business district who need medical treatment or are providing religious services; provides that such reimbursement shall be one hundred percent of all associated fees. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03887 Provides a fifty percent discount on all central business district tolls, fees and other charges to individuals residing in transit deserts; requires proof of residency. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03890 Provides for a disability benefit for employees of the New York city transit authority, and its subsidiary corporations, who are disabled by reason of an assault sustained in the course of employment. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03907 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a marketing program to solicit corporate sponsorships for naming rights of transit facilities owned by the authority; directs revenues to be placed in the metropolitan transportation authority finance fund. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03921 Establishes the reimaging excess New York state property act; provides the reimaging excess New York state property authority shall purchase any abandoned, surplus or otherwise unused state-owned real property and reconstruct, renovate, replace, maintain, repair, enlarge, extend, operate, lease, as lessee or lessor, and/or regulate the repurposing of such properties. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03961 Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03985 Limits the amount of the fine to be paid for violating the E-ZPass system for failing to pay a toll to not exceed the amount of such unpaid toll. In Committee 01/30/2025
A03999 Establishes the mechanical insulation energy savings program to provide grants for qualified mechanical insulation expenditures to school districts, public hospitals, public housing buildings, and political subdivisions that have completed a qualified audit. In Committee 01/30/2025
A04004 Requires legislative oversight for debt issuances that reach maturity if such maturity exceeds thirty years; provides for the procedure for such debt issuance by the legislature. In Committee 01/30/2025
A04031 Directs the MTA to study the feasibility of developing and operating an autonomous rail rapid transit (ART) network in the city of New York. In Committee 01/30/2025
A04052 Limits tolls charged on trucks. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04102 Relates to enacting the "N.Y. state digital equity plan act"; requires the division of broadband access to develop a state digital equity plan to increase broadband access to underserved populations by January 1, 2027. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04103 Relates to requiring the establishment of utility customer arrears reporting; requires utilities to report to the public service commission on customers who are in arrears. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04104 Relates to establishing discount programs for veterans; provides that utilities, waterworks corporations, telephone corporations and cable television companies shall create discount programs that provide a 10 percent discount to veterans; defines terms. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04121 Relates to requiring covered entities to publicly report on franchise fees, consumer complaints and denials of requests for service; defines covered entities; provides that the department of public service shall investigate allegations against covered entities upon the written request of 25 customers, the chief executive officer of the municipality or the county legislature of the county served. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04170 Requires the New York state thruway authority to provide notice, a description of meeting details and a sign up list prior to meetings of the board. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04171 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to prioritize and hire union labor for proposed public work before making a contract available for public bidding. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04180 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to provide safety briefings to passengers aboard Metro-North trains, and train personnel in safety procedures. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04249 Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04270 Requires the dormitory authority of the state of New York to fulfill all outstanding monetary commitments made to any local government for a fiscal year prior to allocating any moneys to economic development grant programs for the following fiscal year. In Committee 01/31/2025
A04329 Relates to conducting a study on the feasibility of using the Triboro rail line as a public transit line co-mingling with freight services. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04347 Provides that any cemetery corporation is permitted to retire any certificates or other instruments of indebtedness related to its operations to the benefit of such cemetery's permanent maintenance fund upon notice to the certificate owners. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04350 Conditions the institution of any substantial change in surface route or rapid transit route service upon approval by the metropolitan transportation authority and committee on operations of the NYC transit authority and upon public hearing; sets allotted individual and aggregate speaking time during such hearings. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04351 Relates to awards of certain contracts to small businesses or businesses certified under article 15-A of the executive law. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04357 Requires the submission of a twenty-year capital needs assessment to the metropolitan transportation authority capital program review board. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04359 Provides that the MTA shall not use cleaning materials or chemicals which may cause asthma or trigger or exacerbate the symptoms of asthma. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04396 Relates to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority; increases the number of members to nine; requires five of the nine members be primary residents of Battery Park city. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04505 Establishes an office of the transit riders advocate to receive and resolve complaints affecting mass transit users of facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04526 Provides that the next appointed trustee of the power authority of New York state shall be from Niagara county and provides for a permanent trustee from such county on such authority. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04537 Relates to establishing ground rent rebates for eligible homeowners and renters in the Battery Park project area; provides for a rebate program; provides for a process for application and certification. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04556 Relates to providing residents of municipal public housing in the state with free basic cable and high-speed internet service, and reimbursing internet service providers and cable television companies for providing such service. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04561 Directs NYSERDA to establish a wireless electric vehicle charging program to research and provide incentives to eligible entities for projects to construct, install, or improve existing wireless charging infrastructure and technology for electric vehicles, including performance, safety, electromagnetic compatibility, interoperability, development, and testing of wireless charging. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04592 Enacts the New York state thruway authority accountability act; names the commissioner of DOT as chair of the thruway authority board; directs the commissioner of DOT to submit a plan to merge the thruway authority into the department of transportation. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04605 Relates to the metropolitan transit authority; provides that the members from the counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam and Rockland shall each cast one vote apiece, instead of one collective vote. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04648 Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for emergency responders on September 11th. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04695 Requires not-for-profit corporations have a board of directors which reflects the ethnic demographics of the communities that they serve to be able to receive state funds. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04713 Requires utility companies maintain a toll free number for consumers to call to report service outages which shall be made available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In Committee 02/04/2025
A04722 Authorizes the power authority to create the New York State small business development program. In Committee 02/05/2025
A04749 Provides that every customer of a water-works corporation, at no penalty, fee or service charge to decline the permission of the water-works corporation to replace an existing meter at such customer's premises that is assigned to such customer's account. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04757 Authorizes the Long Island rail road commuter's council to study technologies which would allow seamless communication between fire departments and the Long Island rail road to improve passenger safety and emergency response efficiency. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04790 Requires all new residential and commercial units in Suffolk and Nassau counties, including all structures that have realized repairs or improvements that are equal to or greater than fifty percent of the structure's value, to install underground service drops at such locations. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04794 Requires the public service commission to notify any municipality or government entity proposing to acquire title to and transfer ownership of the complete system of street light luminaires or fixtures, all supporting infrastructure, and associated electric circuitry of the health hazards, the lack of United States Food and Drug Administration regulation of light emitting diodes, "LED", lighting products, and the requirement that municipalities that operate LED street lights are required to publ In Committee 02/06/2025
A04804 Requires the office of renewable energy siting to develop standards and conditions for the siting of certain large scale renewable energy systems; requires approval of municipalities to such siting plans. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04819 Provides for the reimbursement of the ticket price of unused one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company if returned within one year. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04821 Requires the installation of climb deterrent fencing on all bridges under the jurisdiction of the New York State Bridge Authority. In Committee 09/05/2025
A04831 Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04870 Aligns utility regulation with state climate justice and emission reduction targets; provides for a statewide affordable gas transition plan and utility home energy affordable transition programs; repeals provisions relating to continuation of gas service; repeals provisions relating to the sale of indigenous natural gas for generation of electricity. In Committee 02/06/2025
A04873 Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board; requires a conductor on any subway or train operated by such authority whenever the subway or train has more than two cars attached to the engine. Crossed Over 02/06/2025
A04964 Memorializes Robert F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos by naming spans of the Triborough bridge after them. In Committee 02/10/2025
A05011 Requires public corporations and agencies to provide written notice to each minority- or women-owned business enterprise that unsuccessfully bid on a contract of the reason or reasons why the business enterprise was unsuccessful in obtaining the contract. In Committee 02/10/2025
A05035 Requires the Thruway Authority to provide at least twelve charging stations at each rest area and gas station complex owned, leased or operated by the Thruway Authority. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05037 Requires utility companies to report on utility poles and remove unused utility poles in the public right-of-way. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05044 Requires that internet providers who provide service in a municipality provide basic internet service to each residential dwelling or residential dwelling unit in that municipality at no cost. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05057 Enables public authorities that offer E-ZPass payment for tolls, fares, fees, rentals or other charges to transmit electronic notifications stating that the electronic toll collection system has registered the customer's account to E-ZPass customers who opt in for such service. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05065 Directs the public service commission to formulate a process, rules and regulations for the regulation of the charges and fees of internet and cable providers. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05066 Dedicates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In Committee 02/11/2025
A05071 Allows the thruway authority to offer discounted tokens to residents of Rockland and Westchester counties for Mario M. Cuomo bridge crossings. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05134 Decreases the vacancy appointments by the county executives of Nassau, Suffolk, Queens or Brooklyn county from three members each to one member each. Crossed Over 02/12/2025
A05166 Requires utility companies to provide written notice to the owner of a residential property of the date and approximate time the utility company will enter onto the property and the purpose for which the utility company employee or contractor shall be entering onto the property. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05201 Relates to congestion pricing in New York city (Part A); establishes a committee by the metropolitan transportation authority to conduct a survey and assessment of necessary infrastructure repairs and replacements and compliance of transit stations with the ADA (Part B). In Committee 02/12/2025
A05214 Establishes the "Not on our dollar!: Ending New York funding of Hamas violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Hamas and nations known to fund middle-eastern terrorist group activity; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations. In Committee 02/12/2025
A05339 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 110th Street - Central Park North subway station to the 110th Street - Malcolm X Plaza station. In Committee 02/13/2025
A05384 Provides that any one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company by a senior citizen or a person with a disability shall be valid at any time during the day or night. In Committee 02/13/2025
A05449 Provides that the Finger Lakes crematory located in the village of Livonia, county of Livingston may add an additional retort expressly and for use in an instance of mechanical or technical failure of an existing retort. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05503 Provides a permit for a memorial lands facility. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05520 Requires public authorities and public benefit corporations to negotiate with professional firms providing architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architectural or surveying services in order from the most qualified to the least qualified with regard to the provision of services to the authority or corporation. In Committee 02/14/2025
A05666 Provides for a priority call system for use in connection with emergency disconnections of utilities, service coverage and oversight of response time in connection with the emergency disconnection of utilities. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05675 Relates to gender balance on boards of state and local public authorities; provides that all appointive state and local authorities heretofore or hereafter established by law or resolution shall have recommendations for appointments, or reappointments that are gender balanced. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05676 Provides an exemption for the city of New York from certain insurance requirements in connection with public construction contracts for certain transportation facilities. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05681 Provides that minority members of the public authorities control board shall have voting privileges and shall act upon a unanimous vote. In Committee 02/19/2025
A05693 Authorizes the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority to impose tolls and fees for congestion pricing for motorcycles in the central business district in the amount of half of the charges for the tolls and fees of other vehicles. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05695 Requires the triborough bridge authority to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program; requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post their fee waiver policy on their website. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05701 Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide discounted monthly passes to college, graduate and career education students for the purpose of commuting to and from classes. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05770 Creates the New York city transit authority safety advisory panel to study and report on safety from terrorist acts and to provide a moratorium on the closing of token booths and minimum staffing levels on trains operated in passenger service in the NYC transit system. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05784 Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police for the county of Nassau and Nassau county villages and cities. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05786 Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of more than ninety-five degrees or less than thirty-two degrees. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05793 Requires fares for paratransit services providing public transportation for eligible individuals with disabilities or health conditions that prevent them from using public buses and subways for some or all of their trips, to be made available at the same fares for individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize public buses and subways. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05795 Relates to the indemnification of directors, officers and key persons; ensures the survival of indemnification in case of a merger or consolidation of a corporation; provides that once a right to indemnification arises, it continues to benefit a former director, officer or key person's and their heirs and estate; makes related provisions. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05798 Enacts the "MTA board member attendance act"; requires members of the metropolitan transportation authority to attend the majority of public hearings on fare hikes in order to cast a vote. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05807 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study and report on potentially hazardous structures and storage areas under elevated train tracks, and its commuter notification system. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05808 Requires any proposed increase in fares by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority shall be submitted to the comptroller for approval before such fare increase takes effect; requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to submit a report to the comptroller which includes a justification for such proposed fare increase and the current financial condition of such authority. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05818 Requires the New York city transit authority to outline in its annual report the procedures and methodologies used for the reduction and abatement of noise. In Committee 02/20/2025
A05828 Relates to establishing the big apple transit authority and the commuter transportation authority for the purpose of providing such authorities with municipal control over the New York city subway system (Part A); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority within the New York city transit authority (Part B); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority; repeals provisions relating thereto (Part C); relates to establishing the big apple transit authority (Part D); relates In Committee 02/20/2025
A05937 Requires the Long Island Rail Road, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, and the New York City Transit Authority establish a no fare program for the transportation of certain active duty, uniform police officers. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05938 Establishes a no fare program for transportation on the New York city transit authority, the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company for duly enrolled members of the auxiliary police employed by the city of New York, the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and localities within the counties of Nassau and Suffolk. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05962 Permits the governor to direct the metropolitan transportation authority to provide free transportation to students during a state of emergency. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05963 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to create ten-year capital program plans. In Committee 02/25/2025
A05969 Permits the rendering of an estimated bill from a utility corporation or municipality under certain circumstances; requires each utility corporation and municipality within six months to submit to the commission a model for the calculation of and procedures for estimated bills that incorporates best practices and technology and accounts for any barriers to the use of actual meter readings. In Committee 02/25/2025
A06044 Provides a fare-free bus pilot program in New York City for one year, subject to appropriations. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06088 Requires the metropolitan commuter transportation authority to contract with a certified independent public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority to examine redundancies, inefficiencies, and the authority's governance system. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06094 Exempts veterans from the payment of certain fees relating to corporations. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06101 Establishes the "Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act" to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity; allows for recovery of a civil penalty by the state attorney general; creates a private right of action for violations. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06120 Requires charges for telephone calls based on duration, whether over lines or by cellular, to be charged and prorated by the second; applies to all service providers; authorizes the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06146 Requires local phone companies to provide customers with a cost free option to block certain information-access services; provides such service shall not be included in the telephone company's rate base; requires the public service commission to promulgate rules and regulations relating thereto. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06179 Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service; provides that for a broadband internet provider that does not provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly-owned by the pole owner. In Committee 02/26/2025
A06202 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to study the feasibility and impact of installing sliding access doors on subway platforms. In Committee 02/27/2025
A06246 Requires that food services at transportation facilities and rest areas owned and operated by certain public authorities remain open seven days a week. In Committee 02/27/2025
A06265 Establishes the New York State social housing development authority as a public benefit corporation to increase the supply of permanently affordable housing in the state through the acquisition of land and renovation or rehabilitation of existing real property, and through the construction of new, permanently affordable housing. In Committee 02/28/2025
A06269 Prohibits broad indemnification by a design professional of a state or local agency or political subdivision involving public work for contracts except to the extent that damages were caused by or the result of the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional. In Committee 03/03/2025
A06299 Withdraws Orange county from the metropolitan commuter transportation district. In Committee 03/03/2025
A06394 Requires public notice and hearing prior to any planned substantial change in service; defines "substantial change in service" to mean any change in frequency of service or change in route or complete or partial closing of a passenger stop or route; outlines places where posters shall be placed. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06406 Amends the Long Island Rail Road weekend reduced fare program to include the East New York station. In Committee 03/04/2025
A06434 Provides that if any employee, engaged in the service of any commuter rail service owned or operated by the authority or its subsidiaries, shall suffer a physical and/or mental injury that is caused by a passenger, customer or member of the public while the employee is performing an assigned duty, the employer shall be held liable for any health care costs attributable to such injury; makes related provisions. In Committee 05/13/2025
A06498 Relates to contracts entered into by the Long Island Power Authority for emergency goods and services. In Committee 03/05/2025
A06530 Improves public service commission oversight of the Long Island power authority. In Committee 03/05/2025
A06542 Protects residential customers from utility service shutoffs due to non-payment during summer and winter periods of extreme heat or cold; allows such utility services to be discontinued for non-payment outside such periods; requires an annual report to be submitted to the governor and legislature and posted publicly online. In Committee 03/05/2025
A06548 Provides for real property tax exemptions for last mile broadband infrastructure constructed, altered, installed or improved in an area designated a broadband opportunity area. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06565 Authorizes statewide municipal reciprocal program agreements and the issuance of program bonds; authorizes proceeds to be made available to a statewide municipal reciprocal program. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06617 Directs the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to rename Utica Avenue subway station to Malcolm X Boulevard/Utica Avenue train station. Crossed Over 03/06/2025
A06635 Establishes the green transition authority to promote the transition of the for-hire vehicle and other state industries to environmentally sustainable practices and increase universal accessibility of for-hire vehicles, paratransit services, and taxi services statewide; establishes a for-hire vehicle improvement surcharge for each for-hire transportation trip conducted in a transportation network company vehicle or by a high-volume for-hire service; makes an appropriation therefor. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06646 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in conjunction with the New York city transit authority, to develop weekly and monthly tickets valid for optional, discounted transfers between such authorities. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06676 Allows for paratransit eligible for paratransit eligible individuals who are at least eighty years old, to be required only to present correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that the paratransit service is still necessary for the individual to make a single application for paratransit services; provides that once approved, such individuals shall be exempt from all certification requirements. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06680 Repeals congestion pricing (Part A); increases the membership of the metropolitan transportation authority from sixteen to seventeen members; provides for the appointment for one member from each of New York City's boroughs on the written recommendation of the mayor of New York City (Part B); directs the metropolitan transportation authority to contract with a certified public accounting firm for the provision of an independent, comprehensive, forensic audit of the authority (Part C). In Committee 03/06/2025
A06689 Directs the public service commission to evaluate hydrogen, sewage thermal energy, and nuclear small modular reactors as renewable energy sources and report the results of such evaluation to the governor and the legislature. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06690 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the New York city department of transportation and New York city department of housing preservation and development, to study the transportation and housing needs of Randalls and Wards Islands. In Committee 03/06/2025
A06734 Requires certain public authorities to establish a cashless tolling amnesty program between August first, two thousand twenty-five and December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five for cashless tolls collected between April twenty-third, two thousand sixteen and June twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-five. In Committee 03/11/2025
A06768 Provides any entity which leases excavation equipment to the public with the telephone number of the system and a sample or model notice informing lessees of excavation equipment of the system and their responsibilities relating to the protection of underground facilities. Crossed Over 03/13/2025
A06818 Directs the New York city transit authority and metropolitan transportation authority to ensure the proper operation of security cameras at subway stations and report thereon. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06819 Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to conduct a study of assessments, fees and tax rates, and associated policies of the state of New York relating to providers of telecommunications services to ensure a more fair and proportional distribution of the assessments, fees and taxes imposed on telecommunications service providers and their end-use delivery customers. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06836 Authorizes one or more individuals who are under a shared contract to opt-out of such contract without a fee, penalty or charge due to status as a domestic violence victim; prohibits the company from transferring any contractual or billing responsibility of such shared contract to any other account holders on such shared contract; prevents companies from prohibiting a person who has opted-out due to domestic violence status to enter into a new contract. In Committee 03/14/2025
A06879 Expands the definition of "excavation" for the purposes of the protection of underground facilities. In Committee 03/18/2025
A06976 Extends the metropolitan transportation authority's half fare rate program to persons receiving benefits from the supplemental nutrition assistance program. In Committee 03/18/2025
A06980 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to publish certain information pertaining to capital project data for projects that are committed for construction on the capital program dashboard maintained by the authority on the authority's website; requires sources of funding to be specified. In Committee 03/18/2025
A07017 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to establish a family fare ticket policy for minors aged twelve through seventeen. In Committee 03/18/2025
A07021 Requires utility corporations and municipalities to ensure that bills for service to residential customers include a line item for cost impact measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping plan; requires the department of public service to establish a formula to enable utility corporations and municipalities to calculate the cost impact on each residential customer's bill attributed to measures taken in accordance with the climate action council's final scoping pla In Committee 03/18/2025
A07039 Relates to project applications and advisory opinions of the public authorities control board; requires that any application made concerning a proposed project involving a loan, to the extent practicable, shall include the terms, conditions and dates of the repayment of state appropriations; makes related provisions. In Committee 03/19/2025
A07041 Requires all trains and stations operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company have automated external defibrillators as part of their medical emergency services program. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07043 Prohibits the New York state environmental facilities corporation from entering into contracts, leases or other agreements with entities that are not compliant with the requirements of article five-A of the general municipal law regarding participation by minority- and women-owned businesses. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07060 Authorizes the New York state energy research and development authority to administer a program to provide grants or loans for the costs related to enabling switching residences with propane or fuel-oil heating systems to efficient electric heat pumps. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07076 Clarifies the time in which the public service commission must act upon certain petitions; requires reporting to the legislature. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07082 Relates to owner liability for failure of operators to comply with toll collection regulations; requires public authorities to send a notice to owners upon incurring an obligation to pay a toll; provides for the adjudication of such liability and defenses to an allegation of liability; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07086 Requires the New York state thruway authority to submit biannual reports to the legislature of all fiscal transactions, receipts and expenditures, with each report covering activity from the prior six months. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07105 Provides benefits to Metro-North employees involved in or who witness a serious injury or fatality of another person in the course of an assigned duty. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07110 Authorizes broadband franchises in cities with a population of one million or more. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07126 Enacts the "NYS net neutrality protection act"; relates to state contracts being only with internet service providers compliant with net neutrality; prohibits the purchase of internet services from a non-net neutral source of internet services; requires certain disclosures by internet providers. In Committee 03/20/2025
A07173 Increases the threshold for office of the comptroller review of the metropolitan transportation authority discretionary awards to MWBEs and small businesses from one million dollars to one million five hundred thousand dollars. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07195 Requires certain corporations authorized to operate in the state and subject to the supervision of the department of financial services that had annual gross revenues of at least five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) in the prior calendar year to annually prepare a climate-related financial risk report for submission to the secretary of state and to make such report available to the public. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07217 Exempts school buses from central business district tolls. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07223 Requires explanatory statements regarding disposal of property to include the names of all beneficial owners. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07226 Makes certain not-for-profit corporations subject to the freedom of information and open meetings laws. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07253 Enacts the accessible electronic information act for blind and disabled persons; creates a new fund in the state finance law; authorizes a not-for-profit entity to administer the program. In Committee 03/21/2025
A07281 Establishes the city of Buffalo parking authority; provides for its powers, duties and obligations. In Committee 03/24/2025
A07296 Relates to the number of residential properties limited liability companies can own; requires beneficial owners of limited liability companies identify themselves when transferring or purchasing real property. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07316 Requires that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is two hundred percent of the federal poverty level receive a fifty percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York city transit subways or buses, and/or Metro-North Railroad; defines terms. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07350 Enacts the "make the MTA safe again act" to suspend state funding to the metropolitan transportation authority and New York city transit authority pending safety compliance and until an independent forensic audit is conducted and completed. In Committee 03/25/2025
A07377 Establishes a stakeholder group in the Oswego river basin to coordinate water release. Crossed Over 03/25/2025
A07429 Reduces the total amount that can be charged from one percent to one-third of one percent. In Committee 03/27/2025
A07467 Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07482 Relates to the governance of the Westchester county health care corporation to twenty-one voting directors and provides for the appointment of such members. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07509 Enacts the "omnibus telecommunications reform act"; reforms the competitive cable service; promotes the wide-spread development of high-capacity broadband internet access; increases the availability and quality of services in this key economic development area; ensures the safety, reliability and affordability of telecommunications services. In Committee 03/28/2025
A07544 Relates to enforcement of pole attachment safety and quality and utility pole and attachment identification. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07554 Allows individuals to use correspondence from a licensed physician, dated within the preceding thirty days, indicating that paratransit service is necessary for such individual, in place of in-person recertification. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07555 Opens eligibility of paratransit services to individuals with disabilities or health conditions who are able to utilize the public buses and railroad operated by the authority. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07610 Enacts the "utility penalty adjustment"; adjusts utility penalties to account for inflation; increases such penalties and ties them to inflation after January 1, 2027. In Committee 04/01/2025
A07701 Appoints a fiscal monitor for five years; defines terms; provides for such appointment; provides for the duties of such fiscal monitor. In Committee 04/08/2025
A07733 Relates to transfers of cable systems. In Committee 04/08/2025
A07766 Relates to paratransit services; directs that an applicant for recertification submit correspondence from a licensed physician in lieu of an in-person assessment. In Committee 04/10/2025
A07812 Establishes the metropolitan transportation authority control board. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07848 Provides for requirements for disposals and contracts for disposal of property. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07892 Relates to the court approval process for the sale, mortgage and lease of real property of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/11/2025
A07900 Prohibits the disclosure of individualized fare payment data by the metropolitan commuter transportation authority and the New York city transit authority for the purpose of maintaining customer privacy; provides certain exceptions when such data can be disclosed. In Committee 04/11/2025
A07933 Enacts the corporate accountability for tax expenditures act; standardizes applications for state development assistance for empire zone assistance and industrial development agency assistance; requires submission of certain development assistance agreements to the department of taxation and finance; requires recipients of certain development assistance to submit progress reports which include certain information and disclosures; makes certain recapture provisions; defines relevant terms. In Committee 04/15/2025
A07939 Establishes the affordable housing broadband assistance grant program within the division of broadband access to support no-cost and/or discounted subscriptions for households receiving federal, state, or local housing assistance or residing in housing units designated for low-income and/or vulnerable populations. In Committee 04/16/2025
A07963 Eliminates late fees for residential utility customers; provides that no late payment charges may be imposed on residential customers. In Committee 04/16/2025
A07985 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority install fire extinguishers in every subway station and each subway car and bus. In Committee 04/16/2025
A07993 Directs the authorities budget office to conduct a study on the financial effects of making local governments responsible for the upkeep in certain public areas immediately outside of properties owned or leased by public authorities. In Committee 04/16/2025
A07994 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to the Dutchess Community College Association, Inc. for the construction of facilities for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, furnishing and equipping of, or otherwise providing for residential housing located on the campus of Dutchess Community College. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/16/2025
A08025 Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, including pain and suffering or mental anguish, when determining penalties against a public utility company, corporation or person or a combination gas and electric corporation. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08042 Enacts the safe subways act creating a subway safety command force responsible for coordinating public safety, homelessness intervention services, the orderly flow of riders in and out of the subway system, compliance with fare collection, and the cosmetic appearance of subway trains and stations. In Committee 04/22/2025
A08069 Extends provisions of law relating to the acquisition and disposition of real property by the metropolitan transportation authority. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 04/24/2025
A08075 Establishes the downstate New York power authority to own and operate electricity service and acquire the distribution facilities formerly owned by any downstate utility corporation. In Committee 04/24/2025
A08099 Provides regulatory control of Internet service providers by the public service commission; requires Internet neutrality; relates to the placement of equipment on utility poles. In Committee 04/30/2025
A08116 Relates to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport authority; provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority shall determine which positions, with the exception of all police positions, shall be in the exempt class of civil service. Crossed Over 05/01/2025
A08131 Provides that municipal broadband service companies are authorized to provide broadband service to tenants in multi-family housing; provides that landlords shall not interfere with the installation of such service, demand or accept payment for allowing the service on the property, or discriminate in rental charges between tenants who receive broadband service and those that don't. In Committee 05/01/2025
A08154 Removes the salary of the chair of NYSERDA; allows the chair to engage in private employment. Crossed Over 05/02/2025
A08169 Relates to the powers and duties of the citizens advisory committee of the MTA and membership on the Long Island Rail Road commuter council, the Metro-North railroad commuter council, and the New York city transit riders council. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08174 Relates to the members of the public service commission; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission; requires that new appointments ensure that commissioners represent certain areas of education and training. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08188 Prohibits public entities from contracting with airlines that transport individuals who have been detained by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement without being afforded due process rights; prohibits certain sales and use tax exemptions on fuel sold to an airline that transports individuals who have been detained by U.S. immigration and customs enforcement without being afforded due process rights. In Committee 05/05/2025
A08309 Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Triborough bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08369 Requires cable television companies to issue credits for service outages to all affected subscribers. In Committee 05/13/2025
A08374 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to SB Clinical Practice Management Plan, Inc. for the construction of facilities. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 05/13/2025
A08457 Provides a non-revenue E-ZPass to every sworn officer of the metropolitan transportation police department; provides for the disposal of such E-ZPass after a police officer leaves the metropolitan transportation authority. In Committee 05/16/2025
A08470 Increases the membership of the central New York regional transportation authority from twelve to sixteen members; amends provisions related to such authority's membership. In Committee 05/16/2025
A08569 Relates to voting by members of the New York state authorities control board. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08570 Establishes a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon a vacancy of such position. In Committee 05/20/2025
A08662 Amends the definitions of the terms "beneficial owner", "reporting company" and "exempt company" to set the scope of certain provisions relating to beneficial owners of limited liability companies; authorizes the department of state to further clarify any such definitions. In Committee 05/23/2025
A08675 Enacts the "prevention of damage to critical infrastructure act"; prevents junk dealers and scrap processors from selling metals that are used by critical infrastructure providers; defines terms. In Committee 05/27/2025
A08712 Prohibits utility service terminations in multiple dwellings; authorizes utility companies to seek a lien against such multiple dwelling for the amount of unpaid utility bills. In Committee 06/02/2025
A08742 Relates to the use of assumed and corporate names by companies in the business of household goods moving; provides that companies may not use the words "mover", "moving", or "relocation service" or any abbreviation or derivative thereof unless approved by the commissioner of transportation. In Committee 06/02/2025
A08823 Establishes a usage monitor program for the purposes of notifying customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the customer. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08826 Increases the small purchase threshold for purchase contracts for supplies, materials or equipment involving an estimated expenditure in excess of the New York city school construction authority from ten thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08829 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the Burnside subway station the Burnside-Bronx Community College subway station. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08852 Establishes the toll-free overnight hours pilot program to reduce traffic congestion during peak hours, provide economic relief to drivers and businesses, and encourage efficient freight operations by implementing toll-free travel during designated overnight hours on the New York state thruway; repeals certain provisions upon expiration thereof. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08859 Limits fines for the late payment or evasion of tolls charged by a public authority to twenty-five percent of the toll owed. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08860 Relates to enforcement of toll collection regulations and license plate violations; permits registration suspension, seizure and liens. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08866 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide Erie County with construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, equipping, and expansion services of infrastructure, public areas, and/or a facility or facilities and necessary ancillary and related facilities. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08881 Expands the small business mentoring program to include contracts for construction or related services. In Committee 06/09/2025
A08888 Provides that in the case of any application for gas service to a building which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building. In Committee 06/10/2025
A08889 Enacts the "Customer Savings and Reliability Act" in relation to regional affordable gas transition plans to guide an orderly, affordable, and equitable right-sizing of the utility gas system in a manner that aligns with climate justice and emissions reduction provisions. In Committee 06/10/2025
A08958 Removes the requirement that farm vehicles pay the metropolitan commuter transportation district (MCTD) supplemental registration fee. In Committee 08/13/2025
A09011 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide additional services to local governments and the department of environmental conservation. In Committee 08/13/2025
A09012 Prohibits non-physician organizations or their representatives to hold majority shares in or serve as directors of professional corporations organized to practice medicine. In Committee 08/13/2025
A09070 Directs the commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the New York state bridge authority, thruway authority, triborough bridge and tunnel authority, metropolitan transportation authority, and port authority of New York and New Jersey, shall conduct a statewide study and review of the tolling authorities' regulations and policies in relation to cashless tolling and tolls by mail collection (Part A); provides that no fine, fee or administrative charge for the late payment of a toll sha In Committee 09/05/2025
A09080 Renames the Winthrop street subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line of the NYC subway, located in the borough of Brooklyn, to the SUNY Downstate at Winthrop Avenue station. In Committee 09/12/2025
A09081 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the Nostrand Avenue train station on the Long Island Rail Road, located in the borough of Brooklyn, to the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters at Nostrand Avenue station. In Committee 09/12/2025
A09083 Requires the metropolitan transit authority establish a thirty-day fare cap program which provides customers an unlimited pass for the month after paying a set amount of fares. In Committee 09/12/2025
A09086 Regulates energy consumption by data centers; requires annual disclosure reporting; prohibits incentives in fossil fuel power purchase agreements with utilities; directs the public service commission to establish a data center surcharge and discount plan. In Committee 09/12/2025
A09096 Requires electric utility corporations, energy services companies and municipalities to provide an itemized breakdown on all monthly bills detailing infrastructure costs, contributions to the New York Power Authority, and other public utility investments. In Committee 09/12/2025
S00084 Provides that the port authority shall prohibit nonstop flights to or from points beyond one thousand five hundred miles, except on Saturdays and flights to Denver, Colorado, from flying to or from LaGuardia airport, an air terminal of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Crossed Over 06/09/2025
S00120 Prohibits termination of electricity or heat service during forecasts of more than ninety-five degrees or less than thirty-two degrees. Crossed Over 05/28/2025
S00608 Requires the New York state thruway authority to submit biannual reports to the legislature of all fiscal transactions, receipts and expenditures, with each report covering activity from the prior six months. Crossed Over 05/05/2025
S00754 Relates to the number of persons recommended for appointment to the Republic airport commission for the governor to choose from which shall be a list of no fewer than three persons. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/03/2025
S00904 Prohibits utility corporations from imposing late fees, interest, or penalties during an investigation by the commission; allows retroactive late fees, interest, or penalties if a determination is made in favor of such utility corporation; prohibits utility services from being terminated during an investigation by the commission; requires utility corporations to notify customers of investigations; requires notice to the general public; requires the public service commission to prepare reports on Crossed Over 01/27/2025
S01012 Prohibits public utilities from using funds or being reimbursed by funds raised from ratepayers for contributions or gifts to political candidates, trade associations, public charities, and lobbyists, and for certain travel, entertainment and educational expenditures. Crossed Over 06/12/2025
S01060 Limits certain charging practices by companies that provide prepaid telephone calling cards and increases fines for violations of limitation requirements. Crossed Over 06/06/2025
S01148 Provides voting membership to existing non-voting rider representatives on the MTA Board, provides for enhanced representation of MTA riders with disabilities. Crossed Over 06/12/2025
S01204 Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to rename the 110th Street - Central Park North subway station to the 110th Street - Malcolm X Plaza station. Signed/Enacted/Adopted 06/05/2025
S01336 Relates to enacting the "N.Y. state digital equity plan act"; requires the division of broadband access to develop a state digital equity plan to increase broadband access to underserved populations by January 1, 2027. Crossed Over 05/19/2025
S01410 Relates to reviews by the authorities budget office; grants the authorities budget office the authority to commence an action or special proceeding to annul the corporate existence or dissolve a corporation that has acted beyond its capacity or power; makes related provisions. Crossed Over 02/25/2025
S01462 Relates to establishing ground rent rebates for eligible homeowners and renters in the Battery Park project area; provides for a rebate program; provides for a process for application and certification. Crossed Over 05/28/2025
S01574 Establishes the electric landscaping equipment rebate program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollution by promoting the adoption of quieter, zero-emission landscaping equipment; provides for rebates at the point of sale for applicants purchasing or leasing certain equipment; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof. Crossed Over 03/17/2025
S01701 Relates to strengthening of utility storm response and compliance by reviewing mitigating factors including but not limited to mitigating factors and the specifics surrounding the violation or violations. Crossed Over 01/27/2025
S01847 Requires consideration of evidence relating to the economic impact of major increases of rates or charges upon consumers and the areas affected by such increases of rates or charges prior to approval of any such rates or charges; establishes minimum data to be considered by the public service commission relating to such economic impact. Crossed Over 01/27/2025
S01848 Requires utilities to notify property owners prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that may interfere with a property owner's ability to use, or access such owner's property; requires notice to include, but not limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, any road closures or detours that may occur due to such work, any action that may directly and materially impact the use of such property, and th Crossed Over 03/11/2025
S02157 Relates to creating annual reporting obligations by municipal housing authorities to the authorities budget office with respect to state-funded activities of such municipal housing authorities. Crossed Over 03/03/2025
S02182 Permits the rendering of an estimated bill from a utility corporation or municipality under certain circumstances; requires each utility corporation and municipality within six months to submit to the commission a model for the calculation of and procedures for estimated bills that incorporates best practices and technology and accounts for any barriers to the use of actual meter readings. Crossed Over 01/27/2025
S02255 Requires the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to implement certain standards issued by the society for protective coatings pertaining to applying and removing coatings from bridges, trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks and stations. Crossed Over 03/11/2025
S02355 Relates to attachments to utility poles for broadband service; provides that for a broadband internet provider that does not provide regulated telephone service, a pole owner shall not require such broadband internet provider to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition to making attachments to utility poles solely owned or jointly-owned by the pole owner. Crossed Over 05/19/2025
S02377 Prohibits the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature; allows the formation of a subsidiary of a public authority without prior approval of the legislature if such public authority files a written notice sixty days prior to the organization of such subsidiary with the governor and the legislature. Crossed Over 06/06/2025
S02416 Authorizes one or more individuals who are under a shared contract to opt-out of such contract without a fee, penalty or charge due to status as a domestic violence victim; prohibits the company from transferring any contractual or billing responsibility of such shared contract to any other account holders on such shared contract; prevents companies from prohibiting a person who has opted-out due to domestic violence status to enter into a new contract. Crossed Over 05/13/2025
S02458 Provides the NYC water board shall not establish a limit of less than six years to challenge any fee, rate, rent or other service charges for the use of or services furnished by the water board and/or sewerage systems. Crossed Over 03/24/2025
S02459 Relates to voting by members of the New York state authorities control board. Crossed Over 02/25/2025
S02555 Requires explanatory statements regarding disposal of property to include the names of all beneficial owners. Crossed Over 03/25/2025
S02556 Provides for requirements for disposals and contracts for disposal of property. Crossed Over 04/01/2025
S03211 Relates to the appointment of members of the Battery Park city authority; increases the number of members to nine; requires five of the nine members be primary residents of Battery Park city. Crossed Over 05/28/2025
S03560 Provides that NYSERDA shall establish a program to provide rebates or new lithium-ion batteries for powered mobility devices at reduced cost or no cost to certain individuals; sets standards for lithium-ion batteries provided pursuant to the program; requires NYSERDA to submit an annual report on such program. Crossed Over 06/11/2025
S03736 Relates to project applications and advisory opinions of the public authorities control board. Crossed Over 04/02/2025
S04071 Includes stormwater in the definition of sewage for purposes of certain water, sewer, and water and sewer authorities; defines stormwater. Crossed Over 04/03/2025
S04369 Provides a permit for a memorial lands facility. Crossed Over 04/28/2025
S04945 Requires certain reports of public authorities are published via the public authorities reporting information system and shall not require login credentials. Crossed Over 05/19/2025
S05003 Designates the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson bridge as the "Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge". Crossed Over 06/11/2025
S06018 Authorizes and directs the New York state power authority to rename the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant located in the town of Lewiston, county of Niagara, to the Shirley J. Hamilton Niagara Power Plant. Crossed Over 05/19/2025
S06024 Relates to E-ZPass availability and waiving deposit fees for a certain period after a rate increase. Crossed Over 04/03/2025
S07165 Authorizes the public service commission to consider non-economic loss suffered by consumers, including pain and suffering or mental anguish, when determining penalties against a public utility company, corporation or person or a combination gas and electric corporation. Crossed Over 06/05/2025
S07328 Increases the number of commissioners of the public service commission to eight; requires the commission to have a duty to protect public interest, including ensuring access to utility services for residential and business customers; prohibits commissioners from having been employed within the last two years by an electric, gas, steam, telecommunications, or water utility that is regulated by the commission. Crossed Over 06/05/2025
S07645 Authorizes Duane Lake, in the town of Duanesburg, county of Schenectady, to participate in the septic system replacement fund. Crossed Over 06/05/2025
S07681 Prohibits a state or local authority, or subsidiary thereof, from retaining, contracting, employing, or designating a lobbyist to engage in lobbying; allows for the cancellation of pre-existing contracts. Crossed Over 06/05/2025
S07858 Repeals the requirement that the senate vote to confirm the appointment of certain chief executive officers within a certain time period; amends certain provisions of law relating thereto. Crossed Over 06/04/2025
S08062 Establishes a usage monitor program for the purposes of notifying customers when energy usage exceeds a cost or usage threshold in a given billing period determined by the customer. Crossed Over 06/05/2025
S08397 Permits process to be served electronically by certain entities on the secretary of state for certain purposes. Crossed Over 06/12/2025
S08417 Provides that in the case of any application for gas service to a building which is not supplied with gas, a utility corporation or municipality shall be obligated to provide gas service to such building. Crossed Over 06/12/2025
S08421 Enacts the "Customer Savings and Reliability Act" in relation to regional affordable gas transition plans to guide an orderly, affordable, and equitable right-sizing of the utility gas system in a manner that aligns with climate justice and emissions reduction provisions. Crossed Over 06/12/2025