Bill Text: NY S05899 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to install and reasonably maintain proper operation of surveillance cameras in areas frequented by passengers at all subway stations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-31 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7016B [S05899 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5899

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 22, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to requiring the
          metropolitan transportation authority to install surveillance  cameras
          at subway platforms

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and  may  be  cited  as  "Sedrick's
     2  law".
     3    §  2.  The  public  authorities law is amended by adding a new section
     4  1266-l to read as follows:
     5    § 1266-l. Surveillance cameras; subway stations. The  authority  shall
     6  install  and  ensure  proper  operation  of  surveillance cameras at all
     7  subway stations operated by such authority.  Such  surveillance  cameras
     8  shall  be  placed  in  all areas frequented by passengers, including all
     9  train platforms.
    10    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    11  it shall have become a law.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06322-01-1