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Home/Bills/A 551New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 551: 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.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 11, 2026

What A 551 does, verified January 11, 2026

The bill proposes to exempt certain police officers from paying central business district tolls. Police officers employed in cities with a population of one million or more will be exempt from toll charges. This exemption will apply regardless of any other provision in the law. The bill will take effect immediately.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
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4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to corporations, authorities and commissions (2026-01-07)Alert me
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Jan. 07, 2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Jan. 08, 2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 179 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 551 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a central business district toll exemption for certain police officers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1704-a of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no police officer 4 shall be charged a central business district toll if such police officer 5 is employed in the police force of a city with a population of one 6 million or more. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02407-01-5 
Text of A 551 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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