S 2630: Establishes a central business district toll exemption for employees of the fire department of the city of New York in the title of firefighter, fire marshal, marine engineer, pilot or wiper.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2630 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 22, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to establishing a central business district toll exemption for certain employees of the fire department of the city of New York 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-b to read as follows: 3 2-b. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, no employee of the 4 fire department of the city of New York in the title of firefighter, 5 fire marshal, marine engineer, pilot or wiper, and no employee of the 6 fire department of the city of New York in a title whose duties are 7 those of an emergency medical technician or advanced emergency medical 8 technician (as those terms are defined in section three thousand one of 9 the public health law), shall be charged a central business district 10 toll. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05841-01-5