---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority"
description: "Provides that in formulating its capital program plans, the metropolitan transportation authority shall develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8127"
citation: "New York A 8127 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-03"
last_action: "2020-12-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbbb2225-cfd7-4d3f-b1fe-f35f6ac87f67"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8127"
source_hash: "798ba25746fc6e7b19c4ccbbc84178ff7b268f5d9dc8fc4f053df74d43eedf39"
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 8127 (2019-2020) — Relates to capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority

Provides that in formulating its capital program plans, the metropolitan transportation authority shall develop criteria to determine how to best prioritize subway stations for accessibility improvements.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8127** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8127&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED
- **2020-07-21** RULES REPORT CAL.239
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.239
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6430
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.793
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-02** SIGNED CHAP.309 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-02** APPROVAL MEMO.21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbbb2225-cfd7-4d3f-b1fe-f35f6ac87f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).