NYC Council · Int 1417-2025 · Filed (End of Session)

Department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards.

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced Oct 9, 2025

Official status: Filed (End of Session)

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards” Read the full text

Transportation and Infrastructure

What it does

This bill would require the New York City Human Resources Administration (HRA) to issue duplicate transit benefit cards under the Fair Fares NYC program where a participant’s card was damaged, destroyed, stolen, or lost. HRA would be required to provide one replacement card free of charge, but would charge a fee of $15 for any subsequent replacement cards. The bill would prohibit HRA from limiting the number of requests of a duplicate card a participant could make, provided they pay the $15 fee.

Summary written by City Council staff, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite with cited sections coming. Not legal advice.