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 1044 - Rules Governing The Conduct and Safety of the Public in the Use of the Facilities of the Mta Bus Company › Section 1044.4 - General provisions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Public
				  areas within terminals or stations are open to the public at such times as may
				  be established by MTABC 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 or stations, in traveling through the terminals or
				  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 MTABC or the authority shall enter any area of a depot, storage
				  yard or any other facility that is not a public area or that is closed to the
				  public, except in a public safety capacity or pursuant to the terms of a lease,
				  license, operating agreement or concession granted by MTABC or the
				  authority.
(c) No person, unless
				  duly authorized by MTABC or the authority, shall engage in any commercial
				  activity upon any facility or bus. No person shall panhandle or beg upon any
				  facility or bus.
(d) 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. The following nontransit activities are
				  authorized and permitted by MTABC, 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 MTABC facilities and
				  conveyances: public speaking; distribution of written noncommercial materials;
				  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 the State 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: do not impede or interfere with or
					 impair transportation services or the movement of persons to or from a bus; do
					 not violate any of the prohibitions contained in these rules; and do not take
					 place on buses.