NY Pub Auth L § 1279-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority 1279-I - Open Data Reporting.

§  1279-i.  Open  data  reporting.  1. The metropolitan transportation authority and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including  the  New  York city  transit  authority and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, shall fully comply with the provisions of Executive Order  95  of  2013, "Using   Technology   to   Promote   Transparency,   Improve  Government Performance and Enhance Citizen Engagement," and shall provide  the  New York state office of information technology services and legislature all data as defined in this section.   2.  For  the  purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (a) "open data website" shall mean the  website  data.ny.gov  or  such other  successor  website  maintained by, or on behalf of, the state, as deemed  appropriate  by  the  New  York  state  office  of   information technology  services  under Executive Order 95 of 2013, or any successor agency or order;  (b) "data"  shall  mean  final  versions  of  statistical  or  factual information  that  (i)  are  in  alphanumeric  form reflected in a list, table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form, that can  be  digitally transmitted or processed; (ii) are regularly created or maintained by or on behalf of the metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries and  affiliates  and are controlled by such entities; and (iii) record a measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of  the metropolitan  transportation authority, its subsidiaries and affiliates. The term  "data"  shall  not  include  image  files,  such  as  designs, drawings,  photos  or  scanned  copies  of original documents; provided, however, that the term  "data"  shall  include  statistical  or  factual information about image files and geographic information system data;  (c)  "data  set"  shall  mean  a  named  collection of related records maintained on a storage device,  with  the  collection  containing  data organized or formatted in a specific or prescribed way, often in tabular form; and  (d)  "publishable  MTA  data" shall mean data that is collected by the metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries  and  affiliates where  the  authority, subsidiary or affiliate is permitted, required or able to make the data available to the public, consistent with  any  and all   applicable  laws,  rules,  regulations,  ordinances,  resolutions, policies or other restrictions, requirements or rights  associated  with the  publishable  MTA  data, including but not limited to contractual or other legal orders, restrictions or  requirements.  Data  shall  not  be publishable  MTA  data  if  making  such data available on the open data website would violate statute or regulation, including, but not  limited to,  disclosures  that  would  constitute  an  unwarranted  invasion  of personal privacy, endanger the public health, safety or welfare,  hinder the    operation   of   government,   including   criminal   and   civil investigations,  or  impose   an   undue   financial,   operational   or administrative   burden   on   the  authority  or  its  subsidiaries  or affiliates.   3. As required  by  Executive  Order  95  of  2013,  the  metropolitan transportation authority shall designate a data coordinator, who shall:  (a)  have authority equivalent to that of a deputy commissioner or the head of a division or department;  (b) have knowledge of data and resources in use by the entity; and  (c)  be  responsible  for  the  compliance  of  the   authority,   its subsidiaries and affiliates with the order.   4.  The authority and its subsidiaries and affiliates shall make their publishable MTA data available on its website and the open data  website as follows:  (a)  The  authority  shall  create a catalogue of publishable MTA data within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this section;  (b) The metropolitan transportation authority shall within one hundred eighty  days  of  the  effective  date  of  this  section, submit to the legislature and publish on its shared internet website  a  schedule  for making  its publishable MTA data publicly available. Such schedule shall provide for updating the data catalogue as appropriate; and  (c) The metropolitan transportation authority shall  create  schedules for  publishing  all  publishable  MTA  data  within  three years of the effective date of this section.   5. The metropolitan transportation  authority,  its  subsidiaries  and affiliates shall not be prevented from publishing data in advance of the dates set in their schedules.