---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename certain subway stations"
description: "Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename President Street subway station the President Street - Medgar Evers College station and rename the Franklin Avenue subway station the Franklin Avenue - Medgar Evers College station."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3439"
citation: "New York S 3439 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2a39ca5-2103-4a15-8091-b8a1e09281a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3439"
source_hash: "c4497263938269a9a65125944e9f9d2dc5ad9fd141e41c214c8f2bebf2e82a07"
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 S 3439 (2019-2020) — Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename certain subway stations

Directs the metropolitan transportation authority to rename President Street subway station the President Street - Medgar Evers College station and rename the Franklin Avenue subway station the Franklin Avenue - Medgar Evers College station.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3439&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3439A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3439A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 3439A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1681
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1512A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.442
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.669 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.55

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2a39ca5-2103-4a15-8091-b8a1e09281a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).