Establishes a public transportation safety grant program and fund to enhance safety infrastructure at public transit facilities.

The bill establishes a public transportation safety grant program and fund to enhance safety infrastructure at public transit facilities throughout New York. The fund will be in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services. Grants will be awarded to counties on a competitive basis, with fifty percent of the funds allocated to the city of New York and the remaining fifty percent to counties outside the city.

Establishes a public transportation safety grant program and fund to enhance safety infrastructure at public transit facilities.

The bill establishes a public transportation safety grant program and fund to enhance safety infrastructure at public transit facilities throughout New York. The fund will be in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services. Grants will be awarded to counties on a competitive basis, with fifty percent of the funds allocated to the city of New York and the remaining fifty percent to counties outside the city.