What's happening
This bill directs the MTA and NYC Transit Authority to study and report on lead paint and air quality issues in aboveground transit infrastructure.
Why it matters
Targets health and safety in vulnerable communities. By requiring the study to focus on all five boroughs, particularly low-income and densely populated areas, the bill aims to address potential environmental health risks where people may be most exposed.
Evaluates both past and future risks. The mandated review includes examining previous renovations for lead paint abatement and assessing current compliance with air quality laws, helping identify ongoing or legacy hazards from aging infrastructure.
Directs actionable improvements. The bill requires recommendations for further lead paint abatement and air quality controls, potentially leading to new investments or policy changes to better protect public health.
Considers financial feasibility. By mandating an analysis of the fiscal impact of its recommendations, the bill acknowledges the funding realities and may influence future budget decisions for transit infrastructure upgrades.
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Study Aboveground Transit Infrastructure
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History
- Approval memo.58
- Signed chap.492
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.503
- Substituted for A7562A
- Referred to ways and means
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading 5754a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
Show 8 earlier actions
- Returned to senate
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.976
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to transportation
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Study Aboveground Transit Safety
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5754--A Cal. No. 976
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 28, 2017
Introduced by Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to direct the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to study aboveground transit infrastructure
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, shall conduct a study to examine and evaluate aboveground stations, elevated trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks owned or controlled by the metropolitan transportation authority, regarding, but not limited to the following determinations:
(a) review past renovations to stations to determine the amount of lead paint abatement;
(b) determine the degree to which the metropolitan transportation authority complies with federal and state air quality laws and regulations;
(c) establish recommendations to further lead paint abatement, enhance air quality controls, and to ensure protection of public health and the environment; and
(d) determine the fiscal impact of any aforementioned recommendations.
The metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, shall limit such study to a
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statistically significant subset of the aboveground stations, elevated trestles, and elevated subway and railway tracks to be representative of all aboveground transit infrastructure. Testing shall include all five boroughs, low-income neighborhoods, and densely populated areas of the city of New York.
§ 2. On or before March 1, 2018, the chairman of the metropolitan transportation authority and the chairman on the New York city transit authority shall submit a written report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly and mayor of the city of New York, with the findings and recommendations of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to direct the metropolitan transportation authority and the New York city transit authority to study aboveground transit infrastructure
Purpose
Directs the metropolitan transportation authority and New York City transit authority to study and report on the aboveground transit infrastructure of the metropolitan transit authority
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill directs the metropolitan transit authority and the New York city transit authority, in consultation with the department of environmental conservation and the department of health, to conduct a study relative to the amount of lead paint abatement at aboveground stations; the degree to which the authority is in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations; to establish recommendations to further lead paint abatement; and, to determine the fiscal impact of recommendations.
Section 2 directs the metropolitan transit authority and the New York City transit authority to publish a report of their findings to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the mayor of the City of New York.
Section 3 sets forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
In 2017, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's 7 Line celebrated its 100th anniversary. While countless New Yorkers and visitors to New York City have benefitted from use of the Authority's subways in the past century, so too have stations shown their signs of wear and tear.
Recent media reports have indicated that among these signs of aging, sizeable paint chips have started to chip away from aboveground stations on the 7 Line, often falling onto the sidewalks and streets below. As much of the paint utilized at these aboveground stations is in many cases as old as the stations, falling paint chips reportedly include lead.
It is now well known that exposure to lead can result in extensive damage to a person's brain and central nervous system, causing a coma, convulsions, and even death. Particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of lead exposure are young children, and it is unacceptable for aboveground stations to persist as a potential source of lead on streets located below.
This legislation is necessary to for the Authority to determine the extent of lead abatement that has occurred at all of its aboveground stations, tracks and trestles under its control to date, as well as for the Authority to eliminate any dangers from lead paint that may still exist.
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Fiscal implications
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Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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