N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-m*2: Emergency transportation plans

* § 72-m. Emergency transportation plans. Within sixty days after this

section becomes law any transportation authority and any city, county or

municipality operating a public transportation system and any county

within the geographical territory of any transportation authority shall

prepare and publicize a plan for transportation to be followed in the

event mass transportation services are discontinued due to a labor

dispute, fire, accident, flood, storm or any other emergency, provided,

however, that in the case of the five counties comprising the city of

New York such plan shall be filed by the city of New York. Such plan

shall designate the persons responsible for its implementation and shall

provide for designation of emergency routes for vehicular traffic,

maximum utilization of existing and emergency parking and alternative

mass transportation facilities and such other matters as such

transportation authority, city, county or municipality shall determine

appropriate.

A plan and any amendment thereto, prepared pursuant to the provisions

of this section shall be filed with the department of transportation at

its Albany office. The department shall examine the plan and determine

its feasibility. The plan shall be made available to any and all

persons, corporations, departments and agencies necessary to enable

timely publication and implementation in the event of any such

emergency.

* NB There are 2 § 72-m's