What's happening
This bill adds a second non-voting member to the Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority representing the transit dependent and/or disabled community.
Why it matters
Increases representation for people who rely on public transit and people with disabilities. by adding a designated non-voting board member who can raise concerns and advocate for these groups’ needs in transportation policy decisions.
Ensures voices from marginalized and often underrepresented communities are included in authority discussions. , potentially influencing service planning, accessibility improvements, and responsiveness to passenger issues—even without a formal vote.
Establishes a formal advisory role for the transit dependent/disabled community. with a five-year term, creating accountability and continuity in representing these interests, rather than relying on informal input or sporadic outreach.
May lead to more equitable and inclusive transportation policies and practices. by making the authority more aware of barriers faced by vulnerable populations, contributing to better service design, ADA compliance, and public trust.
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- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.10
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.42
- Reported
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
201
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to the composition of the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1299-dd of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 388 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1. (a) There is hereby created the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation authority. The authority shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of at least one member from each county that elects to join the authority except that the county of Monroe shall have seven members of whom three shall be appointed from the city of Rochester and four at large from the county of Monroe and shall have [one] two non-voting [member] members as described in [paragraph] paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subdivision. The members shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall make initial appointments to the authority in such number and from lists submitted as follows: three members shall be appointed to the authority from a list of not less than six names, all of whom must be residents of the city of Rochester, submitted to the governor by the council of the city of Rochester; four persons from a list of not less than eight persons, all of whom must be residents of the county of Monroe submitted by the legislature of the county of Monroe. Other counties electing to participate shall each submit to the governor a list of not less than two persons for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population, as determined by the last federal decennial or federal county-wide special census. From the counties outside the county of Monroe which shall elect
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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to participate, the governor shall appoint one member for each one hundred thousand or major fraction of the total population, as determined by the last federal decennial or federal county-wide special census, with a minimum of one member to represent each county outside the county of Monroe so electing to participate. All members of the authority shall be residents of the area from which they are nominated.
(b) [There shall also be one] The first non-voting member of the authority[, which] who shall not be considered in determining a quorum[. The non-voting member], shall be recommended to the governor by the labor organization representing the plurality of the employees within the authority and shall be a resident of the Rochester-Genesee regional transportation district as described in section twelve hundred ninetynine-cc of this title. [The] Such first non-voting member shall be appointed for a term of five years, provided, however, that if at any time during the term of appointment [the] such non-voting member ceases to be affiliated with the labor organization representing the plurality of employees within the authority, then such labor organization may at any time during such term recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term. If the local bargaining unit decertifies its existing union affiliation and certifies a new union, the union which represents the plurality of the employees may recommend a new member to the governor who shall serve the remainder of the term. The chairman of the authority, at his or her discretion, may exclude such non-voting member from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or of any committee held for the purpose of discussing negotiations with labor organizations, pending litigation involving the labor organization, or the investigation, evaluation, or discipline of an employee.
(c) There shall also be a second non-voting member of the authority, who shall not be considered in determining a quorum. The second non-voting member shall be appointed by the governor as a representative of the transit dependent and/or disabled community. The second non-voting member shall be appointed for a term of five years. The chair of the authority, at his or her discretion, may exclude such non-voting member from attending any portion of a meeting of the authority or of any committee held pursuant to the executive session provisions of the open meetings law.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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