S 7024 elevates crimes committed on Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) property to a higher felony category. It makes any crime on MTA-owned or operated property (including stations, vehicles, and facilities) count as one category higher than the original offense - for example, a class B felony becomes an A-1 felony. The bill mandates minimum sentencing ranges: at least six years for indeterminate sentences on class B felonies, and a minimum 20-year term for A-1 felony convictions. This directly affects individuals convicted of crimes in MTA spaces, altering their sentencing under New York’s penal law.
Bill A 2351 requires large trucks (26,000+ lbs gross weight) with conventional cab configurations operating in New York City and other cities with over 1 million residents to install side under-ride guards on their sides within 24 months. These guards prevent pedestrians, bicyclists, and passenger vehicles from being trapped under trucks during collisions. The law excludes state and city fleet vehicles (covered under separate provisions) and allows exemptions for practical or safety reasons. The commissioner will create rules for inspections and compliance, with the bill taking effect 180 days after enactment.
Lowers the blood alcohol concentration required for driving while intoxicated from .08 of one per centum to .05, and for aggravated driving while intoxicated from .18 per centum to .12.
Requires mandatory screening for alcohol or substance abuse and dependency when a person operates a motor vehicle while impaired by the combined influence of drugs or of alcohol and any drug or drugs.
Requires the commissioner of motor vehicles to install notification of the thirty-foot requirement on every stop sign; ensures that the required distance established by the law will be posted on any stop sign to forewarn motorists upon approaching a stop sign.
Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.
Provides that in the design, construction, maintenance, or renovation of any transit facility, transportation facility, or equipment of the metropolitan transportation authority, work shall take place over a continuous period of time until such point at which the project has been completed.
Relates to revocation of drivers' licenses and registrations for multiple driving while intoxicated convictions; provides an automatic 10 year license revocation for 3rd offense.
Increases reimbursement rates paid by the state to cities for repair and maintenance of state arterials; provides rate would be raised to one dollar and eighty cents from eighty-five cents per square yard of the pavement area that is included in the state highway system and an additional twenty cents, up from ten cents, per square yard of such pavement area where such pavement area is located on any elevated bridge.
Enacts "Bryan Johnson's law"; includes prior convictions of operation of a vessel while under the influence of alcohol or drugs as prior convictions of driving while intoxicated.
