---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the term of appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organization to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority"
description: "Relates to the term of appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organization representing the plurality of employees within the authority to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority; requires such non-voting member to be appointed for a term of five years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7578"
citation: "New York A 7578 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SCHIMMINGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-03"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a172d37-59bc-4a8e-b1d5-2cace5855e21"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7578"
source_hash: "cb1eadb663465899f925938a87a2e1df1ed8dd8d429d3015c51089695f781ab9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7578 (2017-2018) — Relates to the term of appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organization to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority

Relates to the term of appointment for the non-voting member recommended by the labor organization representing the plurality of employees within the authority to the board of the Niagara Frontier transportation authority; requires such non-voting member to be appointed for a term of five years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7578 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7578&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7578 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7578)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SCHIMMINGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.559
- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5333
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2125
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.197 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a172d37-59bc-4a8e-b1d5-2cace5855e21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).