S 8439 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to the central New York regional transportation authority

This bill increases the membership of the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority from twelve to thirteen voting members. The change requires the governor to appoint one additional member representing transit-dependent individuals, who must be recommended by a transit advocacy organization and appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. The bill also clarifies appointment procedures for members from Syracuse, Onondaga County, Oneida County, and other participating counties, while maintaining existing term limits and vacancy replacement processes.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 11, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

S8439A S8439B · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from version A to version B after being returned to the Committee on Transportation for further action. The text includes minor formatting adjustments to the committee history and a clarification that the authority consists of thirteen 'voting' members, while retaining the existing appointment structure and term limits.
TECHNICAL

The bill title was updated from '8439--A' to '8439--B' to reflect its status as an amended version returned to committee.

The committee history note was rephrased to clarify the sequence of actions: the bill was discharged, amended, reprinted, and recommitted to the committee.

DEFINITION

Added the word 'voting' before 'members' in the description of the authority's composition to specify that the thirteen members hold voting power.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Jun 2, 2026
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8439B
upper
Apr 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 8439A
upper
Mar 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Lea Webb
DDemocratic/Working Families
NY
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