Extends provisions of law permitting adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the village of Pelham Manor.
S 9238 establishes a temporary program allowing the city of New Rochelle to use photo speed cameras in school zones to issue fines to vehicle owners for speeding violations. The program permits up to three school zones at a time, with cameras active during school hours and 30 minutes before/after school or student activities. Key provisions require annual calibration checks, privacy safeguards to blur driver/vehicle details in images, and strict handling of recorded data (destruction after case resolution). The program expires December 31, 2031, and applies only to New Rochelle's school speed zones.
Requires that the department of transportation and every municipality, locality and public authority shall not spread road salt at a rate higher than three hundred pounds per lane mile on average during each snow and ice management season.
Delays the zero-emission school bus mandate for a period of five years; requires school districts to only purchase or lease zero-emission school buses by 2032 and requires school districts to only operate and maintain zero-emission school buses by 2040.
S 9226 updates New York's vehicle window tint regulations by lowering the minimum light transmittance requirement from 70% to 50% for side windows (forward of or adjacent to the driver's seat) and rear windows on most vehicles, making darker tint legally permissible. The front windshield must still allow at least 70% light transmittance (except for the top six inches), and rear windows may use darker tint if the vehicle has properly adjusted side mirrors. The bill adds a 7% tolerance for testing window tint and requires safety inspections to check compliance with these new standards. This directly affects drivers who tint windows, law enforcement officers, and vehicle inspectors.
Provides that the port authority shall prohibit nonstop flights to or from points beyond one thousand five hundred miles, except on Saturdays and flights to Denver, Colorado, from flying to or from LaGuardia airport, an air terminal of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
S 2436 bans the sale, lease, or rental of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-highway motorcycles within New York City. It directly affects sellers - including businesses, dealers, and individuals - who operate within the city limits. The bill imposes civil penalties of $1,000 for first violations and $2,000 for subsequent violations within a year, with each transaction counted as a separate offense. Enforcement is authorized for city departments and police, and vehicles used in violation may be impounded until fines are paid. The law does not restrict existing owners or vehicles used outside NYC.
This bill imposes a $50-per-seat or $200-per-flight tax (whichever is greater) on non-essential helicopter and seaplane flights operating within New York City (population over 1 million) starting in 2025. It directly affects flight operators, excluding essential services like emergency response, medical flights, and research, as well as "quiet aircraft" (electric models meeting strict noise standards). Operators must file quarterly tax returns with penalties for late payment, including a 400% penalty for unpaid taxes. The tax aims to reduce urban noise pollution by targeting non-essential air traffic while providing exemptions for quieter aircraft and critical operations.
This bill repeals New York City's congestion pricing program, which would have charged drivers a toll for entering Manhattan's central business district. It removes all legal provisions establishing the tolling program from the Vehicle and Traffic Law and related statutes, including the specific "central business district tolling program" reference. The repeal directly affects drivers who would have been required to pay the toll when entering the designated area. The key mechanism is the complete removal of the legal framework enabling the toll, ending the requirement for this specific fee. This is a straightforward policy change eliminating the congestion pricing mandate.
Removes references to the electric school bus mandate; provides that there shall be no mandate requiring school districts to purchase, operate or maintain any certain type of school buses and that the superintendent of each school district shall have the sole authority to determine the types of school buses such school district will purchase, operate and maintain; repeals certain provisions of law relating to electric school buses.
