NY Pub Auth L § 1277 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 11 - Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority 1277 - Station Operation and Maintenance.

§   1277.   Station  operation  and  maintenance.  1.  The  operation,   maintenance and use of passenger stations shall be  public  purposes  of   the  city  of  New  York and the counties within the district. The total   cost to the  authority  and  each  of  its  subsidiary  corporations  of   operation,  maintenance  and  use  of  each passenger station within the   district serviced by one or more railroad facilities of the authority or   of such subsidiary corporation, including the buildings,  appurtenances,   platforms, lands and approaches incidental or adjacent thereto, shall be   borne  by  the  city of New York if such station is located in such city   or, if not located in such city, by such county within the  district  in   which such station is located. On or before June first of each year, the   authority  shall,  in  accordance  with  the  method  specified  herein,   determine and certify to the city of New York and to each county  within   the   district  the  respective  allocation  of  costs  related  to  the   operation, maintenance and use of passenger stations  within  such  city   and  each  such  other  county,  for  the twelve month period ending the   preceding March thirty-first.a. For the year commencing April first, nineteen hundred  ninety-nine,   the  total  payment  amount  to  be  billed  by  the  authority  for the   operation, maintenance and use of each passenger station within the city   of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester,  Dutchess,   Putnam,  Orange,  and  Rockland shall be calculated by summing the total   amount listed in the base amount table plus an adjustment to  such  base   year  amount  equal to the base amount times the increase or decrease in   the Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers  for  the   New York, Northeastern-New Jersey Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area   for the twelve-month period being billed. BASE AMOUNT TABLECounty                                Base AmountNassau                                $19,200,000Suffolk                               $11,834,091Westchester                           $13,269,310Dutchess                              $ 1,581,880Putnam                                $   618,619Orange                                $   327,247Rockland                              $    34,791City of New York                      $61,435,330b.  For  each year thereafter, such total payment for each such county   shall be the same amount as the total  payment  during  the  immediately   prior  year, plus an adjustment equal to the prior year amount times the   increase or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for  Wage  Earners  and   Clerical  Workers  for  the  New  York, Northeastern-New Jersey Standard   Metropolitan Statistical Area for the twelve-month period being billed.2. On or before the following September first, of each year, such city   and each such county shall pay to the authority such cost or  amount  so   certified  to  it  on  or before the preceding June first. Such city and   each such county shall have power to finance such costs  to  it  by  the   issuance  of budget notes pursuant to section 29.00 of the local finance   law. For  the  year  beginning  April  first,  two  thousand  four,  the   authority,  the  city  of  New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,   Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, and Rockland  may,  after  having   reached  an agreement, recommend to the legislature modifications to the   amounts set forth above based upon changes  made  to  commuter  services   including but not limited to changes in the number of passenger stations   within  such  counties or the level of commuter rail service provided to   any such passenger stations. Failure between the authority  and  between   the   counties  to  reach  agreement  will  be  referred  to  the  state    comptroller for mediation. If the mediation is unsuccessful, each  party   and  the  state  comptroller may submit a recommendation to the governor   and the legislature for legislative action.3.  In  the  event that a city or county shall fail to make payment to   the authority for station  maintenance  as  required  pursuant  to  this   section,  or  any  part  thereof,  the  chief  executive  officer of the   authority or such other person as the  chairman  shall  designate  shall   certify  to the state comptroller the amount due and owing the authority   at the end of the state fiscal year  and  the  state  comptroller  shall   withhold  an  equivalent  amount  from  the  next  succeeding  state aid   allocated to such county or city from the motor fuel tax and  the  motor   vehicle  registration  fee  distributed  pursuant  to former section one   hundred twelve of the highway law, or amounts  distributed  pursuant  to   section  ten-c  of  the  highway  law,  or  per  capita local assistance   pursuant to section fifty-four of the state finance law subject  to  the   following  limitations:  prior  to withholding amounts due the authority   from such county or city, the comptroller shall pay in full  any  amount   due  the state of New York municipal bond bank agency, on account of any   such county's or city's obligation to such agency; the  city  university   construction  fund  pursuant  to  the  provisions of the city university   construction  fund  act;  the  New   York   city   housing   development   corporation,  pursuant  to  the  provisions of the New York city housing   development corporation act  (article  twelve  of  the  private  housing   finance  law);  and  the  transit  construction  fund  pursuant  to  the   provisions of  title  nine-A  of  article  five  of  this  chapter.  The   comptroller  shall  give  the director of the budget notification of any   such payment. Such amount or amounts  so  withheld  by  the  comptroller   shall  be  paid to the authority and the authority shall use such amount   for the repayment of the state advances  hereby  authorized.  When  such   amount  or  amounts  are received by the authority, it shall credit such   amounts against any amounts due and owing by the city or county on whose   account such amount was withheld and paid.