NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6617A
SPONSOR: Zinerman TITLE OF BILL:
An act directing the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the
Utica Avenue subway station to the Malcolm X Boulevard/Utica Avenue
station; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration
thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Malcolm X Boulevard intersects with the Utica Avenue subway station
along the A and C train line in Brooklyn. In recognition of Malcolm X's
profound legacy and the significance of this location, this bill is
renaming the station to Malcolm X Boulevard-Utica Avenue Station in his
honor.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION:
A print: title change; removal of 23rd street
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Renaming the station
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and
be deemed repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately
updated.
JUSTIFICATION:
Malcolm X was a visionary leader whose scholarship, educational advoca-
cy, and commitment to Black economic independence, discipline, and self-
determination have profoundly shaped our society. Renaming the Utica
Avenue subway station to Malcolm X Boulevard-Utica Avenue Station honors
a figure who continues to inspire future generations. This proposal
complements ongoing effOrts to support Black-owned businesses along
Malcolm X Boulevard and to integrate cultural recognition into New
York's infrastructure. With a ridership that is predominantly African
American, Caribbean, and Continental African-as well as other communi-
ties of color-this renaming serves as a powerful affirmation of Malcolm
X's contributions to Black liberation, economic empowerment, and social
justice.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately updated
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6617--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ZINERMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT directing the metropolitan transportation authority to rename the
Utica Avenue subway station to the Malcolm X Boulevard/Utica Avenue
station; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Upon a determination by the metropolitan transportation
2 authority or the New York city transit authority that sufficient funds
3 have been committed to it specifically for such purpose, the metropol-
4 itan transportation authority, the public benefit corporation created by
5 section 1263 of the public authorities law, and the New York city trans-
6 it authority, the public benefit corporation created by section 1201 of
7 the public authorities law, shall use such specifically committed funds
8 to rename the Utica Avenue subway station on the A and C lines in
9 Bedford-Stuyvesant of the New York city subway to the Malcolm X Boule-
10 vard-Utica Avenue station. The metropolitan transportation authority
11 shall ensure that all signs and any other items issued by the metropol-
12 itan transportation authority are updated to accurately reflect the new
13 name of the station.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed after the signs and any other items are accurately
16 updated. The chief executive officer of the metropolitan transportation
17 authority or president of the New York city transit authority shall
18 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the completion of
19 such updates in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
20 timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
21 of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44
22 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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