K 75: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day in the State of New York
This bill aims to commemorate February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day in the state of New York. It honors Rosa Parks, a civil rights icon, whose birthday is celebrated on this day. The goal of Transit Equity Day is to promote frequent, reliable, accessible, equitable, and affordable public transportation as a civil right. The bill recognizes the persistent disparities in access to public transportation in the United States, particularly in communities of color and low-income areas. New York, being the most transit-dependent state, is urged to play a crucial role in advancing these principles. The bill highlights the need to address racial inequity in built infrastructure and transportation services, ensuring that all New Yorkers can access high-quality, affordable public transportation regardless of their ability, race, or income.
| Feb. 04, 2025 | adopted |
| Feb. 03, 2025 | referred to calendar |
Assembly Resolution No. 75 BY: M. of A. Gonzalez-Rojas MEMORIALIZING Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day in the State of New York WHEREAS, Transit Equity Day commemorates the birthday of civil rights icon Rosa Parks, a trailblazing figure in the Civil Rights movement that ended legal segregation in the United States; and WHEREAS, In celebration of Rosa Parks' life and legacy, February 4th serves as a national day of action to further the goal of providing frequent, reliable, accessible, equitable, and affordable public transportation as a civil right; and WHEREAS, Increasing access to such transportation has been and will continue to be the vanguard in any effort to address the persistent race and class disparities that remain omnipresent in the United States and transition to a more just, equitable, sustainable society; and WHEREAS, As the most transit-dependent state in the United States with the busiest commuter rail system in the country and largest subway system in the world, New York has and will continue to play a crucial role in advancing these principles; and WHEREAS, Racial inequity is realized in our built infrastructure, in highways that bisect and segregate communities, traffic that poisons the air, and disparate service qualities dependent on locale and mode; and WHEREAS, Despite the advantages afforded by our legacy rail system, this pattern remains pervasive in New York, particularly in transit deserts in boroughs beyond Manhattan where riders unable to afford high commuter rail fares are subjected to slower, less frequent and reliable buses that rob them of time spent with friends, family, and loved ones; and WHEREAS, Much work remains to ensure that New Yorkers of all abilities irrespective of race or income, are able to live near and access high quality, affordable public transportation; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to memorialize Governor Kathy Hochul to February 4, 2025, as Transit Equity Day in the State of New York; and be it further RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be transmitted to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New York.