What's happening
This bill requires the MTA, with the LIRR, to allow certain police officers and NYC fire marshals to ride the LIRR for free.
Why it matters
Expands free LIRR ride eligibility. beyond just specific city and county police to include all police officers (as broadly defined in NY law) and NYC fire marshals, increasing the number and types of first responders who could benefit.
Aims to enhance commuter safety. by encouraging a greater presence of law enforcement and fire marshals on LIRR trains, potentially deterring crime or improving emergency response times.
Requires a registration and validation process. for police officers and fire marshals receiving free rides, which could help ensure accountability and proper use of the program while gathering data on participants’ travel patterns.
Mandates transparency and oversight. , as the MTA must report the details of the program to state officials before implementation, allowing for legislative and public review.
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Who cares
Police officers covered by Criminal Procedure Law § 1.20
The bill would replace the list of eligible police employers with this statutory definition, broadening eligibility for free LIRR rides.
New York City fire marshals
The bill would add them to the LIRR no-fare program.
MTA and Long Island Rail Road
They would have to implement the program within 120 days after the bill becomes law and consider registration and periodic revalidation requirements.
LIRR commuters
The expanded no-fare program would have the stated goal of increasing their protection and improving their safety.
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Free LIRR Rides for Officers
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred 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.
Free LIRR Rides for Officers
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Andrew Gounardes
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2753
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to authorizing and requiring the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, to implement a program to permit certain police officers and New York city fire marshals to ride on the Long Island Rail Road without cost
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 1266 of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
14. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or the terms of any contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road, shall establish and implement a no fare program for transportation on the Long Island Rail Road for police officers [employed by the city of New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of Suffolk, Suffolk county villages and towns, the division of state police, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, the New York city housing authority and the New York city transit authority] as defined by section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law and New York city fire marshals. In establishing such program, which has as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commuters, the authority and the Long Island Rail Road shall, among other things, consider: (a) requiring police officers and New York city fire marshals who ride without cost to register with the Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without cost; (b) requiring such officers to indicate during such registration process their regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains that such officers expect to ride; and (c) periodically re-registering and re-validating such officers and New York city fire marshals. The authority and the
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Long Island Rail Road shall also have the power to consider other matters necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that the no fare program shall be implemented on or before the one hundred twentieth day after this act shall have become a law and that a report containing the provisions of such program shall be made to the governor, the senate majority and minority leaders, the speaker of the assembly and the assembly minority leader, and the chairs of the senate and assembly transportation committees 30 days prior to implementing such program.
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