§ 1277. Station operation and maintenance. 1. The operation,\nmaintenance and use of passenger stations shall be public purposes of\nthe city of New York and the counties within the district. The total\ncost to the authority and each of its subsidiary corporations of\noperation, maintenance and use of each passenger station within the\ndistrict serviced by one or more railroad facilities of the authority or\nof such subsidiary corporation, including the buildings, appurtenances,\nplatforms, lands and approaches incidental or adjacent thereto, shall be\nborne by the city of New York if such station is located in such city\nor, if not located in such city, by such county within the district in\nwhich such station is located. On or before June first of each year, the\nauthority shall, in accordance with the method specified herein,\ndetermine and certify to the city of New York and to each county within\nthe district the respective allocation of costs related to the\noperation, maintenance and use of passenger stations within such city\nand each such other county, for the twelve month period ending the\npreceding March thirty-first.\n a. For the year commencing April first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine,\nthe total payment amount to be billed by the authority for the\noperation, maintenance and use of each passenger station within the city\nof New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Dutchess,\nPutnam, Orange, and Rockland shall be calculated by summing the total\namount listed in the base amount table plus an adjustment to such base\nyear amount equal to the base amount times the increase or decrease in\nthe Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the\nNew York, Northeastern-New Jersey Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area\nfor the twelve-month period being billed.\n BASE AMOUNT TABLE\n County Base Amount\n Nassau $19,200,000\n Suffolk $11,834,091\n Westchester $13,269,310\n Dutchess $ 1,581,880\n Putnam $ 618,619\n Orange $ 327,247\n Rockland $ 34,791\n City of New York $61,435,330\n b. For each year thereafter, such total payment for each such county\nshall be the same amount as the total payment during the immediately\nprior year, plus an adjustment equal to the prior year amount times the\nincrease or decrease in the Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and\nClerical Workers for the New York, Northeastern-New Jersey Standard\nMetropolitan Statistical Area for the twelve-month period being billed.\n 2. On or before the following September first, of each year, such city\nand each such county shall pay to the authority such cost or amount so\ncertified to it on or before the preceding June first. Such city and\neach such county shall have power to finance such costs to it by the\nissuance of budget notes pursuant to section 29.00 of the local finance\nlaw. For the year beginning April first, two thousand four, the\nauthority, the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,\nWestchester, Dutchess, Putnam, Orange, and Rockland may, after having\nreached an agreement, recommend to the legislature modifications to the\namounts set forth above based upon changes made to commuter services\nincluding but not limited to changes in the number of passenger stations\nwithin such counties or the level of commuter rail service provided to\nany such passenger stations. Failure between the authority and between\nthe counties to reach agreement will be referred to the state\ncomptroller for mediation. If the mediation is unsuccessful, each party\nand the state comptroller may submit a recommendation to the governor\nand the legislature for legislati
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