New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A5277: Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island
Status: In committee, April 21, 2026
Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island; provides for the withdrawal of the Nassau-Suffolk coordinating committee from the New York Metropolitan transportation council.
What the bill says
An act relating to designating the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island.
From the amended text, April 21, 2026:
AN ACT relating to designating the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee. The Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee ("the committee") seeks to withdraw from the New York metropolitan transportation council (NYMTC) formed in 1982 pursuant to an MOU adopted by its member organizations and approved by the governor and the legislature through resolution. The Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee shall, upon passage of this act and approval of the governor, be designated to act as the metropolitan planning organization for purposes of receipt of federal transportation assistance for the counties of Nassau and Suffolk and, in cooperation with the state and publicly owned operators of mass transportation services, for carrying out the urban transportation planning process specified in 23 CFR 450 and 49 CFR 613 and other applicable federal regulations. § 2. Purpose. 1. It is the purpose of this legislation to delineate the roles and responsibilities and administrative, decision making, and staffing arrangements for the committee to carry out transportation planning and programming to continue Nassau and Suffolk counties' qualification for federal transportation assistance. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02736-06-6 …
Sponsors
- Steve Stern (D, 10) · primary sponsor
- Charles Lavine (D, 13)
- Michael Durso (R, 9)
- Michael Fitzpatrick (R, 8)
- Judy Griffin (D, 21)
- Philip Ramos (D, 6)
- Rebecca Kassay (D, 4)
- Noah Burroughs (D, 18)
- Jarett Gandolfo (R, 7)
- Thomas Schiavoni (D, 1)
- Michaelle Solages (D, 22)
- Doug Smith (R, 5)
Latest actions
- : PRINT NUMBER 5277B
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 5277A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
- : REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
- : REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Subjects: Transportation
Common questions
- What is A5277?
- A5277 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Designates the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island.
- What does A5277 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to designating the Nassau-Suffolk transportation coordinating committee as the metropolitan planning organization for Long Island.
- What is the status of A5277?
- In committee as of April 21, 2026. Latest action: PRINT NUMBER 5277B (April 21, 2026).
- Who sponsored A5277?
- Steve Stern (D, 10), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A5277?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5277
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