S9149 • 2025

Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Cordell Cleare
Last action: 2026-05-18
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms

Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms and when such time-delay egress mechanisms may be used.

What This Bill Does

Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms and when such time-delay egress mechanisms may be used.

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Bill History

2026-05-18 Senate
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
2026-05-18 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9149B
2026-04-20 Senate
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
2026-04-20 Senate
PRINT NUMBER 9149A
2026-02-06 Senate
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms
Establishes how the MTA shall operate the time-delay egress mechanisms and when such time-delay egress mechanisms may be used.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9149

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 6, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  expanding
          time-delay mechanisms on emergency exit gates

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 1279-j to read as follows:
     3    §  1279-J.  TIME-DELAY  EMERGENCY  MECHANISMS.  1. THE AUTHORITY SHALL
     4  INSTALL AND REASONABLY MAINTAIN  TIME-DELAY  EGRESS  MECHANISMS  ON  ALL
     5  EMERGENCY  GATES  AT  ALL  SUBWAY  STATIONS  OPERATED  BY THE AUTHORITY.
     6  FURTHER, THE AUTHORITY WHEN INSTALLING SUCH TIME-DELAY EGRESS  MECHANISM
     7  SHALL:
     8    (A) INCLUDE OVERRIDE SYSTEMS IN THE EVENT OF EMERGENCIES (E.G., FIRES,
     9  POWER FAILURES, EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS); AND
    10    (B) COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.
    11    2. THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING SUCH TIME-DELAY EGRESS
    12  MECHANISMS   AT  UNSTAFFED  STATIONS.  FURTHER,  IF  A  STATION  BECOMES
    13  UNSTAFFED, THE AUTHORITY SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DEACTIVATE SUCH TIME-DELAY
    14  MECHANISM UNTIL SUCH STATION HAS A TRAINED  HUMAN  STATION  AGENT  PHYS-
    15  ICALLY PRESENT AND ON DUTY.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14323-01-5