What's happening
This bill prohibits the MTA from displaying gender information on commuter passes, tickets, or fare cards for identification.
Why it matters
Protects privacy and reduces discrimination. By removing gender from MTA commuter passes and fare cards, the bill helps protect individuals’ personal information and reduces potential for gender-based discrimination or harassment during transit checks.
Improves accessibility for non-binary and transgender riders. The measure makes public transportation more inclusive by not forcing riders to display a gender, which can be especially significant for those whose gender identity does not match the gender marker on official documents.
Streamlines fare card issuance and reduces administrative errors. Eliminating the need to collect and display gender information can simplify the process of issuing tickets and passes, reducing paperwork and the risk of misgendering or administrative mistakes that inconvenience riders.
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Remove Gender from Train Tickets
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- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
- Referred to corporations, authorities and commissions
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Remove Gender from MTA Tickets
In Senate Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4242
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting the metropolitan transportation authority from listing a gender on commuter tickets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 1266-l to read as follows:
§ 1266-l. Prohibition of gender information on commuter passes, tickets or fare cards. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, the metropolitan transportation authority is prohibited from listing a gender on any commuter pass, ticket or fare card as a means of identifying the owner of such pass, ticket or fare card.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05144-01-9
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