N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21 § 5300.7

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 53, December 31, 2024

Section 5300.7 - Disorderly conduct

No person on or in any facility or conveyance shall:

(a) litter, dump garbage, liquids or other matter, create a nuisance, hazard or unsanitary condition (including, but not limited to, spitting, urinating, except in facilities provided). Trash and other waste materials contained in waste receptacles shall not be removed, except by persons duly authorized by the authority;

(b) smoke or carry an open flame or lighted match, cigar, cigarette, pipe or torch, except in those areas or locations specifically designated by the authority as authorized for smoking;

(c) sleep or doze where such activity may be hazardous to such person or to others or may interfere with the operation of the authority's transit system or the comfort of its passengers;

(d) engage in any form of gambling, except as specifically authorized as, for example, at OTB parlors;

(e) create any sound through the use of any sound production device, except as authorized by section 5300.6(c) of this Part. Use of radios and other devices listened to solely by headphones or earphones and inaudible to others is permitted;

(f) throw, drop or cause to be propelled any stone, projectile or other article at, from, upon, in or on a facility or conveyance;

(g) drink any alcoholic beverage or possess any opened or unsealed container of alcoholic beverage, except on premises duly licensed for the sale of alcoholic beverages, such as bars and restaurants;

(h) enter or remain in any facility or conveyance while his or her ability to function safely in the environment of an authority transit system is impaired by the consumption of alcohol or by the taking of any drug;

(i) conduct himself or herself in any manner which may cause or tend to cause annoyance, alarm or inconvenience to a reasonable person or create a breach of the peace;

(j) occupy more than one seat on a station, platform or conveyance; lie on the floor, platform, stairway, landing or conveyance; or block free movement on a station, stairway, platform or conveyance; or

(k) commit any act which causes or may tend to cause harm to oneself to any other person including, but not limited to riding a bicycle, skateboard, roller skates, in-line skates or any self-propelled or motor-propelled vehicle. This provision does not apply to the proper use of self-propelled or motor-propelled wheelchairs or similar devices by a nonambulatory individual.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 21 § 5300.7