N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1279-i: Open data reporting

§ 1279-i. Open data reporting. 1. The metropolitan transportation

authority and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including the New York

city transit authority and the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority,

shall fully comply with the provisions of Executive Order 95 of 2013,

"Using Technology to Promote Transparency, Improve Government

Performance and Enhance Citizen Engagement," and shall provide the New

York state office of information technology services and legislature all

data as defined in this section.

2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have

the following meanings:

(a) "open data website" shall mean the website data.ny.gov or such

other successor website maintained by, or on behalf of, the state, as

deemed appropriate by the New York state office of information

technology services under Executive Order 95 of 2013, or any successor

agency or order;

(b) "data" shall mean final versions of statistical or factual

information that (i) are in alphanumeric form reflected in a list,

table, graph, chart or other non-narrative form, that can be digitally

transmitted or processed; (ii) are regularly created or maintained by or

on behalf of the metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries

and affiliates and are controlled by such entities; and (iii) record a

measurement, transaction or determination related to the mission of the

metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries and affiliates.

The term "data" shall not include image files, such as designs,

drawings, photos or scanned copies of original documents; provided,

however, that the term "data" shall include statistical or factual

information about image files and geographic information system data;

(c) "data set" shall mean a named collection of related records

maintained on a storage device, with the collection containing data

organized or formatted in a specific or prescribed way, often in tabular

form; and

(d) "publishable MTA data" shall mean data that is collected by the

metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries and affiliates

where the authority, subsidiary or affiliate is permitted, required or

able to make the data available to the public, consistent with any and

all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, resolutions,

policies or other restrictions, requirements or rights associated with

the publishable MTA data, including but not limited to contractual or

other legal orders, restrictions or requirements. Data shall not be

publishable MTA data if making such data available on the open data

website would violate statute or regulation, including, but not limited

to, disclosures that would constitute an unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy, endanger the public health, safety or welfare, hinder

the operation of government, including criminal and civil

investigations, or impose an undue financial, operational or

administrative burden on the authority or its subsidiaries or

affiliates.

3. As required by Executive Order 95 of 2013, the metropolitan

transportation authority shall designate a data coordinator, who shall:

(a) have authority equivalent to that of a deputy commissioner or the

head of a division or department;

(b) have knowledge of data and resources in use by the entity; and

(c) be responsible for the compliance of the authority, its

subsidiaries and affiliates with the order.

4. The authority and its subsidiaries and affiliates shall make their

publishable MTA data available on its website and the open data website

as follows:

(a) The authority shall create a catalogue of publishable MTA data

within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this section;

(b) The metropolitan transportation authority shall within one hundred

eighty days of the effective date of this section, submit to the

legislature and publish on its shared internet website a schedule for

making its publishable MTA data publicly available. Such schedule shall

provide for updating the data catalogue as appropriate; and

(c) The metropolitan transportation authority shall create schedules

for publishing all publishable MTA data within three years of the

effective date of this section.

5. The metropolitan transportation authority, its subsidiaries and

affiliates shall not be prevented from publishing data in advance of the

dates set in their schedules.