---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the availability of criteria used in formulating capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority"
description: "Relates to the availability of criteria used in formulating capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1259"
citation: "New York A 1259 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57997ae4-50c1-4ac2-9a64-e1747de334ee"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1259"
source_hash: "7c68fd85ebcad153ff9da5e000b78e1f6ade3510aba080784f86f203a8682374"
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 1259 (2021-2022) — Relates to the availability of criteria used in formulating capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority

Relates to the availability of criteria used in formulating capital program plans of the metropolitan transportation authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1259&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** REPORTED
- **2021-01-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.26
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1304
- **2021-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.75
- **2021-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.35 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57997ae4-50c1-4ac2-9a64-e1747de334ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).