Bill Text: NY S04187 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-04 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S04187 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S04187-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4187 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations AN ACT to amend, the highway law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to renaming the Staten Island Expressway the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway" The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official 2 name of all that portion of the state highway system located in Richmond 3 county constituting route 440 from Outerbridge Crossing to route 278 4 (West Shore Expressway) and route 278 from the Goethals bridge to the 5 Verrazano-Narrows bridge (Staten Island Expressway) shall be the 6 "POW-MIA Memorial Highway", as such highway is designated in section 7 343-h of the highway law. 8 § 2. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of 9 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of the laws 10 of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 11 Interstate Route Connection 512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA 12 Memorial Highway from Goethals bridge approach to Verrazzano-Narrows 13 bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from Verrazzano-Narrows 14 bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand Central parkway from 15 Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major 16 Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to the West- 17 chester county line connecting with interstate route 502. 18 § 3. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the 19 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 343-a. Portion of state highway system in the county of Richmond to 21 be designated as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". All that 22 portion of the state highway system in the county of Richmond constitut- 23 ing the Richmond Parkway from [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA Memori- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08475-01-3S. 4187 2 1 al Highway to Outerbridge Crossing Approach shall be designated and 2 known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". 3 § 4. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of 4 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main 6 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.: 7 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner 8 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F. 9 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester 10 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway 11 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson 12 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the 13 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West 14 Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed 15 or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped 16 or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no 17 more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth 18 street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction 19 or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full 20 restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F. 21 Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line 22 together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan 23 college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge 24 approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner 25 expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from 26 Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from 27 Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkway 28 from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx 29 and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry 30 Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey 31 tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from 32 the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem 33 river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington 34 bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue 35 and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway, 36 Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L. 37 Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from 38 Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway 39 from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway 40 from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect 41 expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central 42 Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the Verrazzano-Narrows 43 bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus 44 expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh 45 L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach to 46 Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway, 47 including a connection to Grand Central parkway, to John F. Kennedy 48 international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from Queens boulevard to 49 Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross Bay parkway from 50 Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front 51 parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the shore line of the 52 Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau county line; 53 Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel approach to Queens 54 Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau 55 county line; a connection between Brooklyn-Queens expressway and North- 56 ern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand Central parkway; Grand CentralS. 4187 3 1 parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to Nassau county line; 2 Whitestone expressway from Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach to Van Wyck 3 expressway and continuing to Grand Central parkway; Clearview expressway 4 from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau expressway; Richmond parkway from 5 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway to Outerbridge 6 crossing approach; [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway 7 from Goethals bridge to the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge with a connection 8 to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from [Staten Island expressway] 9 POW-MIA Memorial Highway to Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from 10 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway to Outerbridge 11 crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore 12 expressway at [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway, 13 thence generally along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, 14 Lower New York bay and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge cross- 15 ing. 16 § 5. Paragraphs 1 and 35 of subdivision a of section 3-202 of the 17 administrative code of the city of New York, paragraph 35 as amended by 18 chapter 288 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows: 19 1. First District 20 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described 21 as follows: 22 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of 23 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south- 24 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten25Island Expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy 26 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to 27 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory 28 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich- 29 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, 30 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north 31 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu- 32 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to 33 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence 34 southerly and westerly through waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan 35 Bay, to the waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New 36 York Line, proceeding northerly and including Island of Meadows, and 37 Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning. 38 35. Thirty-fifth District 39 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described 40 as follows: 41 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of 42 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south- 43 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten44Island Expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy 45 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to 46 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory 47 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich- 48 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, 49 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north 50 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu- 51 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to 52 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly 53 and westerly through the Narrows, through the Kill Van Kull Waters, 54 including the entire part of the City of New York known as Snooter's 55 Island, to the waters of the Arthur Kill, to the point or place ofS. 4187 4 1 beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the 2 Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: 3 BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of 4 Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue, extended to Harway Avenue, to 5 Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to 6 West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-sev- 7 enth Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to Eighteenth 8 Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway, 9 to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to 10 Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence northerly 11 and westerly along the border of the United States Government reserva- 12 tion known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort Hamilton 13 Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in the 14 waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line, thence projected 15 into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and parallel to 16 the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge thence southerly and easterly to the point 17 or place of beginning. 18 § 6. The closing paragraph of subclause (C) of clause (i) of subpara- 19 graph (a) of paragraph 8 of subdivision d of section 11-243 of the 20 administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 21 number 41 of the city of New York for the year 1988, is amended to read 22 as follows: 23 FOX HILLS--The area bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue; the Upper New York 24 Bay; the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway right of way; and, the 25 [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA Memorial Highway. 26 § 7. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 27 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 28 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. 29 § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
