2023 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.