S 2217: Requires that notice be given to the borough president or presidents, the council member or members, the senator or senators, the member or members of assembly and the district managers of the affected community board or 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.
The bill aims to increase transparency by requiring the New York City Transit Authority to provide written notice of substantial or general changes in service levels on rapid transit and omnibus line facilities. These changes must be made at least 30 days prior to implementation, and the notice must be given to various stakeholders, including the mayor, borough presidents, council members, senators, assembly members, and community board district managers. The bill takes effect immediately, with the goal of improving communication and public awareness of changes to public transportation services.
| Feb. 09, 2026 | PRINT NUMBER 2217A |
| Feb. 09, 2026 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2217 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COMRIE, GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring 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 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1205 of the public authorities 2 law, as added by chapter 717 of the laws of 1967, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 4. From and after March first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, no 5 substantial or general change in the levels of service furnished upon 6 the rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the 7 authority shall be instituted except upon not less than thirty days' 8 written notice to the mayor [and to the board of estimate] and the 9 community board whose area of jurisdiction includes the rapid transit 10 facility or omnibus line facility upon which such change of service was 11 furnished. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04949-01-5