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This bill requires the MTA, NYC Office of Emergency Management, and the Port Authority to report on their weather-related evacuation capabilities for New York City, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.
Why it matters
Enhances transparency and accountability. by requiring major transportation and emergency management agencies to publicly disclose their preparedness for weather-related evacuations, letting the public and policymakers assess gaps or strengths in current plans.
Mandates coordination across multiple agencies. (MTA, NYC OEM, Port Authority), which is crucial for effective large-scale evacuations—especially in densely populated and interconnected areas like NYC, Nassau, and Suffolk—highlighting the need for integrated regional emergency strategies.
Focuses on infrastructure readiness and capacity. , obligating these entities to specify the exact resources (facilities, equipment, transportation assets) available for evacuation, which can inform future investments and policy decisions to address vulnerabilities.
Introduces a mechanism for bi-state cooperation. , as the Port Authority’s reporting requirement is contingent on parallel action by New Jersey, underscoring the cross-border nature of regional emergencies and the importance of legislative alignment between the two states.
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Report on Evacuation Readiness
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History
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4405
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to require the metropolitan transportation authority, the New York city office of emergency management, and the port authority of New York and New Jersey to report to the governor and the legislature on weather-related evacuation capabilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan transportation authority, with respect to said corporation and its subsidiaries, the Long Island railroad, the metro-north railroad, the metropolitan suburban bus authority, the Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, the New York city transit authority and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority, or any other agency or corporation that may come under the control of the authority, or within their custody or control, and any subsidiary of any of the foregoing, shall (a) report to the governor and the legislature, within ninety days after this act shall have become law, on the capabilities of all of the foregoing entities to respond to the contingencies and exigencies of any evacuation of all or any portion or portions of the city of New York, the county of Nassau, or the county of Suffolk, necessitated or occasioned by any weather-related condition, event, or emergency and; (b) shall certify the nature, number, extent, and capacities and capabilities of its "authority facilities", "transportation facilities", and "equipment", as defined in section twelve hundred sixty-one of the public authorities law.
§ 2. The New York city office of emergency management shall report to the governor and the legislature, within ninety days after this act shall have become law, on the capabilities of said office to respond to the contingencies and exigencies of any evacuation of all or any portion or portions of the city of New York, the county of Nassau, or the county
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of Suffolk, necessitated or occasioned by any weather-related condition, event, or emergency.
§ 3. The port authority of New York and New Jersey shall report to the governor and the legislature, within ninety days after this act shall have become law, on the capabilities of said authority to respond to the contingencies and exigencies of any evacuation of all or any portion or portions of the city of New York, the county of Nassau, or the county of Suffolk, necessitated or occasioned by any weather-related condition, event, or emergency.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section three of this act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with section three of this act; but if the state of New Jersey shall have already enacted such legislation, then section three of this act shall take effect immediately; and provided further that the chairperson of the port authority of New York and New Jersey shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the enactment of the provisions provided for in section three of this act in order that said commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
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