---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual"
description: "Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4504"
citation: "New York A 4504 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harvey Epstein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f521e4-0388-47f8-bbba-378da7769af2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4504"
source_hash: "1ea73b4d162dfc0de94c2e255a1c946a9f397643756fdd3d882c48038f092438"
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 4504 (2023-2024) — Relates to requiring one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4504** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4504&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4504A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4504A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harvey Epstein — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Gallagher — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Raga — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian Cook — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** PRINT NUMBER 4504A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-25** REPORTED
- **2023-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.171
- **2023-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5069A
- **2023-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1639
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.672 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-20** APPROVAL MEMO.32

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f521e4-0388-47f8-bbba-378da7769af2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).