Election 2026

The November 3 election will reshape legislatures. Stay current on every seat, staff, and committee change with GovBuddy.

Stay Current
Home/Bills/S 4435New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillIntroduced

S 4435: Provides that any one-way, round trip or multi-trip tickets purchased for use on the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company by a senior citizen or a person with a disability shall be valid at any time during the day or night.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What S 4435 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill aims to provide discounted fares to senior citizens and people with disabilities on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad Company. The discounted fares will be valid at any time during the day or night, regardless of the time of purchase. This change is intended to make public transportation more accessible and affordable for these groups. The bill will take effect 30 days after it becomes a law.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlock
Coauthors
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickRobert JacksonCordell Cleare
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Feb. 04, 2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 4, 2025 · 214 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4435 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 certain tick- ets on the Long Island Rail Road and the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new 2 section 1266-n to read as follows: 3 § 1266-n. Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Commuter Railroad 4 Company; certain discount fares. Notwithstanding any other provision of 5 law, any one-way, round trip or multi-trip ticket purchased for use on 6 the Long Island Rail Road or the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company 7 by any senior citizen or a person with a disability shall be valid at 8 any time during the day or night. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 10 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08744-02-5 
Text of S 4435 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
GovBuddy Demo

See how GovBuddy fits your team.

Share a few details and our team will follow up with a focused walkthrough.