S 7487: Modernizes the access-a-ride program's application process by creating an online application process and notifying applicants throughout the process via email.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7487 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 17, 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 modernizing the access-a-ride program's application process The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1266 of the public authorities law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 20 to read as follows: 3 20. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, within one year of the 4 effective date of this subdivision, the authority shall: 5 (a) create an online application process for people to apply to the 6 access-a-ride program; and 7 (b) establish a notification system to inform applicants to the 8 access-a-ride program when such applicant's application has been 9 successfully submitted, when the applicant's in-person assessment date 10 has been scheduled for with the ability to request a different time 11 and/or date for such assessment, and when the applicant's eligibility 12 decision has been made and such decision. Such notifications shall be 13 able to be opted into during the application process. Such notifications 14 shall be sent to the applicant via email. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04125-01-5