A 1401: 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.
The bill proposes to amend the existing law to prohibit nonstop flights to or from points beyond 1,500 miles, except on Saturdays and flights to Denver, Colorado, from Laguardia Airport. The airport, managed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will be responsible for creating and enforcing these regulations. The new regulations will take effect immediately if New Jersey enacts identical legislation, or upon enactment by New Jersey if it has already passed such legislation. The Port Authority of New Jersey will notify the Legislative Bill Drafting Commission to maintain an accurate database of the official text of the law.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
| Jan. 09, 2025 | referred to corporations, authorities and commissions |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1401 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend chapter 802 of the laws of 1947, relating to facilitat- ing the financing and effectuation of air terminals by the Port of New York Authority, in relation to prohibiting certain flights at LaGuar- dia airport The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Chapter 802 of the laws of 1947, relating to facilitating 2 the financing and effectuation of air terminals by the Port of New York 3 Authority, is amended by adding a new section 4-c to read as follows: 4 § 4-c. The port authority shall, by regulation, prohibit nonstop 5 flights to or from points beyond one thousand five hundred miles, except 6 on Saturdays and flights to Denver, Colorado, from flying to or from 7 LaGuardia airport, an air terminal of the Port Authority of New York and 8 New Jersey. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the 10 state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this 11 act, but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such 12 legislation, this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the 13 chairman of the port authority of New Jersey shall notify the legisla- 14 tive bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of 15 the legislation provided for in section one of this act in order that 16 the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective database of 17 the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of 18 effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and 19 section 70-b of the public officers law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00531-01-5