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New York
Capital: Albany
Population: 19,011,378
Major Metropolitan Areas: Albany, Buffalo, New York, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse
Federal Transportation Spending: $2,173,296,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in New York.

State Election Site: http://www.elections.state.ny.us/

County & City Information
Contact your county board of elections office for more information: http://www.elections.state.ny.us/counties/countymap.htm

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/New%20York.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/ny.html

 
Specific Ballot Measure Information
 
Initiative Year Community/Region
for initiative
Type Of Measure Ballot Date Result
2000 Statewide Bond proposal 11/7/2000 Failed 53% to 47%
Description
Proposal #1: This proposal would allow the state to borrow $3.8 billion to construct, improve, enhance, preserve and restore transportation infrastructure, including highways, bridges, parkways, airports, canal system, transit, rail, bike trails, intermodal systems, etc.

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
New York Public Transit Association http://www.nytransit.org/
Save the Fare http://www.savethefare.org/
Niagra Frontier Transportation Authority http://www.nfta.com/
Tri-State Transportation Campaign http://www.tstc.org/
New York "Transit NOW" Coalition (no website)
Greater Rochester Area Coalition for Transit NOW (no website)
Capital District Coalition for Accessible Transportation http://www.mobilityfreedom.org/Unity.htm
Rail Passenger Group
Empire State Passengers Association http://www.trainweb.org/espa/
State DOT
http://www.dot.state.ny.us/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Albany CDTA http://www.cdta.org/
Buffalo Metro http://www.nfta.com/metro/
New York NYCT http://www.nyct.org/nyct/index.html
New York NYCDOT http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dot/
Rochester RTS http://www.rgrta.org/ride-rts.html
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
Long Island Newsday http://www.newsday.com/
Buffalo News http://www.buffalonews.com/
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/
New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/
Radio Television
WNYC NPR - New York City http://www.wnyc.org/
WBAI Pacifica - New York City http://www.wbai.org/
WOR Talk - New York City http://www.wor710.com/
WCBS CBS - New York City http://www.cbsnewyork.com/
WNBC NBC - New York City http://www.wnbc.com/
WABC ABC - New York City http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=newyork

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/ny.cfm