New York transportation bills

What it would do: Restructures Port Authority governance by requiring commissioners to have relevant professional experience, establishing whistleblower protections and an inspector general office, requiring needs assessments before toll increases, shortening capital plans from ten to five years, and creating a transportation advisory committee.

What it would do: Requires all heavy distribution centers subject to state energy conservation construction code to be equipped with electric vehicle charging stations. The secretary of state shall prescribe the required number of stations proportional to warehouse size and needs.

What it would do: Requires railroad corporations operating freight trains in New York to inform the division of homeland security and emergency services, department of environmental conservation, and department of transportation about trains transporting hazardous materials prior to traveling on state tracks, and to promptly update hazardous waste manifests with information required under federal law.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to establish a facility-by-facility indirect source review program for heavy distribution warehouses of 50,000+ square feet or operators with 500,000+ square feet statewide, including air pollution reduction plans, permit requirements, and annual reporting on vehicle trips and emissions.

What it would do: Requires railroad corporations operating freight trains in New York to conduct comprehensive safety inspections of tracks, wheels, brakes, bearings, and cars before trains leave rail yards, and to have minimum two qualified car inspectors on each side as trains depart.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and maintain a publicly available central registry of reports, audits, plans and public inspections for freight rail operators, rail cars, freight lines and railroad rights of way, with authority to redact records exempted by state or federal law.

What it would do: Authorizes the city department of transportation to adopt a rule permitting single unit commercial vehicles with no more than two axles and six tires to use the Korean war veterans parkway in Richmond county.

What it would do: Exempts municipal employees of cities, towns, villages, and counties from commercial driver's license requirements when operating municipally-owned or leased vehicles for intrastate governmental purposes, provided they complete approved safety examinations and municipalities maintain internal driver training and certification programs.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Motor Vehicles commissioner to establish and implement an annual audit program of all commercial driver's license records, commencing within 180 days, to verify identity documentation, detect fraud, ensure federal compliance, and confirm current medical certifications and endorsements.

What it would do: Establishes a New York state commercial driver's license training program within the Department of Transportation that awards competitive grants to municipalities to fund CDL training and examination fees for municipal employees and prospective employees.

What it would do: Creates a tax credit for commercial truck owners entering New York's central business district, equal to tolls paid beyond one entry per day, capped at $25,000 annually, for taxable years beginning January 1, 2026.

What it would do: Allows a person whose commercial driver's license would be revoked or suspended to keep it if they file a statement with the commissioner showing they need it for employment, restricting them to driving only their work vehicle during employment until they obtain new proof of financial security.

What it would do: Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations requiring a percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until sufficient charging infrastructure exists and zero-emission vehicles become more practicable and affordable.

What it would do: Requires state-purchased ferries to be zero-emission by April 1, 2032; requires public vessels to be zero or near zero-emission by 2042; requires ground support equipment at public airports to be zero-emission by January 1, 2032; requires Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road passenger trains to be zero-emission by January 1, 2037. Directs studies on charging infrastructure for commercial vessels, renewable energy at airports, and sustainable aviation fuel.

What it would do: Requires every railroad corporation operating freight trains in New York to submit quarterly inspection reports to the department of transportation detailing inspections of train yards and freight trains operated in the state.

What it would do: Creates protections for delivery network company workers including requirements for deactivation policies, 14-day notice before deactivation, internal challenge procedures, access to substantiating records, and prohibitions on retaliation for exercising rights under the article.

What it would do: Establishes an 11-member freight rail safety task force to review freight rail safety and make policy and budgetary recommendations, requiring a report to the governor and legislature within one year. The task force expires two years after the effective date.

What it would do: Requires the authority to establish and issue electronic toll collection devices at no cost to persons or entities engaged in purchasing, handling, or selling milk, with the authority responsible for paying all tolls on the thruway system for trucks exclusively used for milk operations.

What it would do: Exempts newly manufactured railroad rolling stock used in interstate commerce and sold by the manufacturer from New York sales tax, defining such stock as devices used exclusively on stationary rails to transport goods, including flat cars, box cars, gondolas, and hopper cars.

What it would do: Requires the commissioner to suspend a commercial driver's license for 60 days for a first conviction of violating local truck route laws, 120 days for a second conviction within three years, and one year for a third conviction within three years.

What it would do: Requires every truck operating on public highways in New York to use commercial GPS that warns of height, weight, width, or length violations. Imposes civil fines up to $250 for second violations, $500 for third violations, and up to $10,000 for violations causing infrastructure damage.

What it would do: Directs the Department of Transportation to study and identify parkway entrances most frequently accessed by commercial motor vehicles within 120 days, then install physical barriers to prevent such access within one year.

What it would do: Creates a feebate program for medium and heavy duty vehicles over 10,000 pounds, imposing efficiency fees up to $45,000 on vehicles under 10 MPG and providing efficiency rebates up to $150,000 for vehicles at 10 MPG or higher, designed to be revenue neutral.

What it would do: Requires every bus, omnibus, and commercial truck operating on New York public highways to be equipped with a commercial GPS device that can store vehicle dimensions and provide route directions accounting for commercial truck restrictions like bridge heights, load limits, and turn restrictions.