New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XXI - Metropolitan Transportation Authority › Subchapter D - Rules and Regulations Governing the Conduct and Safety of the Public › Part 1040 - Rules Governing The Conduct And Safety Of The Public In The Use Of The Facilities Of The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority › Section 1040.4 - General provisions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Public
				  areas within the terminals and stations are open to the public at such times as
				  may be established by SIRTOA from time to time. Public areas are those areas of
				  the terminals or stations which are open for use by the public in gaining
				  access to transportation, terminals and stations, in traveling through the
				  terminals and stations from one point to another, in waiting for
				  transportation, and in utilizing public toilet facilities and public pay
				  telephones or other services as may be permitted pursuant to these
				  rules.
(b) No persons except
				  persons assigned to duty therein by SIRTOA or the authority shall enter any
				  area of a terminal, station or train that is not a public area or that is
				  closed to the public except in a public safety capacity or pursuant to the
				  terms or a lease, license, operating agreement or concession granted by SIRTOA
				  or the authority.
(c) No person,
				  unless duly authorized by SIRTOA, shall engage in any commercial activity upon
				  any facility or train. No person shall panhandle or beg upon any facility or
				  train.
(d) Emergency closure.
				  Whenever a threat to public health or safety exists in a terminal or station
				  resulting from any cause, the general manager or any SIRTOA employee having
				  authority to do so may close the affected terminal or station or any part
				  thereof to the public to ensure the safety and well-being of the public. During
				  a disaster emergency relating to public health declared by the Governor of the
				  State of New York, no person who is on a train shall remain on such train or in
				  the terminal or station after the train has entered a terminal or station and
				  SIRTOA has announced that the train is being taken out of service and
				  instructed passengers to leave the train.
(e) Except as expressly authorized and
				  permitted in this subdivision, no person shall engage in any nontransit uses
				  upon any facility or conveyance. Nontransit uses are noncommercial activities
				  that are not directly related to the use of a facility or conveyance for
				  transportation, and include remaining in the paid fare zone of a particular
				  terminal or station for more than one hour. The following nontransit activities
				  are authorized and permitted by SIRTOA, provided they do not impede transit
				  activities and they are conducted in accordance with the rules governing the
				  conduct and safety of the public in the use of the Staten Island Rapid Transit
				  Operating Authority: public speaking; distribution of written noncommercial
				  materi- als; artistic performances, including the acceptance of donations;
				  solicitation for religious or political causes; solicitation for charities
				  that:
(1) have been licensed for any public
				  solicitation within the preceding 12 months by the Commissioner of Social
				  Services of the City of New York under section 21-111 of the Administrative
				  Code of the City of New York or any successor provision;
(2) are duly registered as charitable
				  organizations with the Attorney General of New York under section 172 of the
				  New York Executive Law or any successor provision; or,
(3) are exempt from Federal income tax under
				  section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code or any successor
				  provision. Solicitors for such charities shall provide, upon request, evidence
				  that such charity meets one of the preceding qualifications. The aforementioned
				  nontransit uses within the stations and terminals are deemed to be authorized
				  provided that such activities:
(i) do not
				  impede or interfere with or impair transportation services or the movement of
				  persons within a station or terminal;
(ii) do not violate any of the prohibitions
				  contained in these rules; and
(iii)
				  do not take place on trains.