S 3289 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Includes red cross vehicles as authorized emergency vehicles

This bill amends New York's Vehicle and Traffic Law to explicitly include "red cross vehicle" in the definition of authorized emergency vehicles. It directly affects the American Red Cross and its chapters in New York, allowing their properly marked vehicles (owned or leased by the Red Cross) to qualify for emergency vehicle privileges. The key mechanism adds "red cross vehicle" to the list of authorized vehicles in Section 101 and creates a new Section 117-f defining these vehicles. Operators of Red Cross vehicles will not have the same emergency driving privileges as other emergency vehicles under Section 1104. The change makes Red Cross emergency response operations legally aligned with other emergency services like ambulances and police vehicles.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 24, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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