---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to develop a strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access at its bridges and passenger stations"
description: "Requires the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road Commuter's Council, the Metro-North Rail Commuter's Council and the New York City Transit Authority Advisory Council to develop a strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access at its bridges and passenger stations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4943"
citation: "New York S 4943 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c4903e2-4dd7-4cc7-b659-69fb26546e98"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4943"
source_hash: "670d457061996c7514148cb9244055ef153382ab35646bd05f43960f352ff396"
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 4943 (2021-2022) — Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to develop a strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access at its bridges and passenger stations

Requires the metropolitan transportation authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road Commuter's Council, the Metro-North Rail Commuter's Council and the New York City Transit Authority Advisory Council to develop a strategic action plan to improve bicycle and pedestrian access at its bridges and passenger stations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4943&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4943A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4943A)
3. **S4943B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4943B)

## Votes

- Transportation Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** PRINT NUMBER 4943A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.1239
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4943B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6235B
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.715
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.802 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-28** APPROVAL MEMO.153

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c4903e2-4dd7-4cc7-b659-69fb26546e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).