N.Y. Transportation Law 219 – Assistance of other agencies
§ 219. Assistance of other agencies. 1. To effectuate the purposes of this article, the board may request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof or any public authority such assistance, information and data as will enable the office properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
Terms Used In N.Y. Transportation Law 219
- metropolitan transportation authority: shall mean the authority and its subsidiaries, the Long Island railroad, metro-north railroad, metropolitan suburban bus authority and Staten Island rapid transit operating authority, of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority, and of the New York city transit authority and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx surface transit operating authority, or any other agency that may come under the control of the authority, or within their custody or control. See N.Y. Transportation Law 219-C
2. The board shall cooperate, consult and coordinate with the metropolitan transportation authority inspector general with regard to any activity concerning the operations of the metropolitan transportation authority. With respect to any accident on the facilities of the metropolitan transportation authority, the primary responsibility for investigation shall be that of the board which shall share its findings with the metropolitan transportation authority inspector general.