What's happening
This bill requires a temporary 25% discount on Long Island Rail Road weekly and monthly passes during Amtrak construction disruptions.
Why it matters
Provides financial relief to regular LIRR commuters. By mandating a 25% discount on weekly and monthly passes, the bill directly reduces costs for those most affected by prolonged Amtrak-related service disruptions, helping daily riders manage unexpected inconvenience and delays.
Creates accountability for fare adjustments during major disruptions. The legislation ensures that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) must respond to service interruptions not just with apologies or alternative transit options, but with concrete financial compensation for affected riders.
Limits the discount period to the actual disruption timeframe. The discount only applies as long as Amtrak construction is actively disrupting LIRR service, preventing unnecessary loss of fare revenue once normal operations resume and tying relief to real impacts.
Requires official notification and legislative tracking. The bill includes a provision for the MTA chairman to formally notify the legislature when repairs are complete, supporting transparency and accurate public records about when fare relief begins and ends.
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Discount LIRR Passes During Repairs
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- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8634
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LUPINACCI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT in relation to the establishment of a discounted fare program for Long Island rail road weekly and monthly passes during Amtrak construction; and providing for the repeal of such provision upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the metropolitan transportation authority and any of its subsidiary corporations shall establish and implement a temporary discounted fare program for all weekly and monthly Long Island rail road passes. Such discounted fare program shall reduce the fare for weekly and monthly Long Island rail road passes by twenty-five percent, and shall continue for the duration of Amtrak repair work disrupting Long Island rail road service, until the notification of completion of such work.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed repealed upon notification of completion of repair work as provided in section one of this act; provided that the chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the notification of completion of repair work provided for in section one of this act in order that the 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13300-01-7
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