What's happening
This bill renames the Newkirk Avenue subway station in Brooklyn to "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station" once funds are secured.
Why it matters
Highlights and celebrates the Haitian community's contributions. to Brooklyn by officially recognizing "Little Haiti" in a major transit hub, fostering cultural pride and visibility.
Makes renaming contingent on dedicated funding. , ensuring that the costs for updated signage and materials do not divert resources from other transit priorities.
Sets a clear timeline (ten months) for implementation. once funds are secured, which provides transparency and accountability for the station's renaming process.
Triggers an automatic repeal of the act after completion. , streamlining legislative records and ensuring the law remains relevant only as long as necessary for implementation.
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Rename Subway Station Little Haiti
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.262
- Rules report cal.262
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Print number 10060b
- Amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Print number 10060a
- Amend (t) and recommit to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Rename Subway to Little Haiti
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Kevin S. Parker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
10060--B
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2020
Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to renaming the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line the "Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Upon a determination by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or the New York City Transit Authority that sufficient funds have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York City Transit Authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of the public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds to rename the Newkirk Avenue subway station on the IRT Nostrand Avenue line of the New York city subway to the Newkirk Avenue - Little Haiti station. The MTA shall ensure that all signs and any other items issued by the MTA are updated to accurately reflect the new name of the station within ten months.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately updated. The chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or president of the New York City Transit Authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of such updates 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.
LBD15477-05-0
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