Bill Text: NY J01749 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim February 4th, 2024, as Transit Equity Day in the State of New York

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-02-06 - ADOPTED [J01749 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-J01749-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution No. 1749

BY: Senator COMRIE

        MEMORIALIZING  Governor  Kathy  Hochul to proclaim
        February 4th, 2024, as Transit  Equity  Day  in  the
        State of New York

  WHEREAS,  Transit  Equity  Day  commemorates  the  birthday of civil
rights icon Rosa Parks, an iconic figure in the  Civil  Rights  movement
that ended legal segregation in the United States; and

  WHEREAS, In celebration of Rosa Parks' life and legacy, February 4th
serves  as  a  national  day  of action to further the goal of providing
frequent,  reliable,  accessible,  equitable   and   affordable   public
transportation as a civil right; and

  WHEREAS,  Increasing access to such transportation has been and will
continue to be the vanguard in any effort to address the persistent race
and class disparities that remain omnipresent in the United  States  and
transition to a more just, equitable, sustainable society; and

  WHEREAS,  As  the  most transit-dependent state in the United States
with the busiest commuter rail system in the country and largest  subway
system  in  the  world, New York has and will continue to play a crucial
role in advancing these principles; and

  WHEREAS, Racial inequity is realized in our built infrastructure, in
highways that bisect and segregate communities, traffic that poisons the
air, and disparate service qualities dependent on locale and mode; and

  WHEREAS, Despite the advantages afforded by our legacy rail  system,
this  pattern  remains  pervasive  in  New York, in particular in subway
deserts in boroughs beyond Manhattan where riders unable to afford  high
commuter  rail fares are subjected to slower, less frequent and reliable
buses that rob them of time spent with friends, family, and loved  ones;
and

  WHEREAS,  Much  work  remains  to  ensure  that  New  Yorkers of all
abilities irrespective of race or income, are  able  to  live  near  and
access  high  quality, affordable public transportation; now, therefore,
be it

  RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its  deliberations  to
memorialize  Governor  Kathy  Hochul  to  February 4th, 2024, as Transit
Equity Day in the State of New York; and be it further

  RESOLVED, That a copy of this  Resolution,  suitably  engrossed,  be
transmitted  to The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of New
York.