New York Assembly Bill A02487

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/17/25
• Refer: 1/17/25
• Refer: 1/7/26

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Requires the department of transportation to submit annual reporting to the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly, the ranking minority member of the senate transportation committee, the ranking minority member of the assembly transportation committee, the ranking minority member of the senate finance committee, and the ranking minority member of the assembly ways and means committee.

Summary

This bill amends the Transportation Law to expand the list of legislative recipients who must receive the Department of Transportation’s annual reports. Under current law, the department prepares reports on highway pavement and bridge conditions, capital program letting and implementation, capital program accomplishments, and non-MTA downstate suburban and upstate transit capital programs. The bill keeps those reporting requirements in place but adds several minority-party and ranking minority members of key transportation and fiscal committees to the distribution list. The reports must be provided in a searchable electronic format and sent not only to the governor and majority leadership, but also to the minority leader of the Senate and Assembly and the ranking minority members of the Senate and Assembly transportation, finance, and ways and means committees. The bill takes effect immediately and does not create new reporting topics or substantive transportation policy changes; it primarily broadens access to existing DOT oversight information.

Impact

The bill would amend section 14 of the Transportation Law to require the Department of Transportation to distribute its annual infrastructure and capital-program reports to additional legislative offices, especially minority-party leadership and ranking minority committee members. It affects the department’s reporting obligations and improves access to transportation and fiscal oversight information for a wider set of lawmakers, but it does not change the underlying content of the reports or impose new programmatic duties on transportation agencies or the public.

Sentiment

The bill appears to be a low-conflict oversight measure with a generally neutral-to-supportive tone. Because it expands transparency and ensures that minority-party legislators receive the same core transportation reporting as majority leadership, it is likely to be viewed favorably as a good-government and accountability measure. No committee transcripts or recorded votes were provided, so there is no evidence of opposition or formal debate in the available materials.

Contention

The main point of potential contention is not the substance of transportation reporting itself, but the institutional question of who should receive official reports and whether minority-party and ranking minority members should be expressly included in statute. Supporters would likely emphasize transparency, equal access to information, and stronger legislative oversight of DOT spending and infrastructure conditions. Any opposition would likely be limited to concerns about administrative burden or whether the added recipients are necessary, though the bill’s changes are modest and procedural.