Bill Text: NY S09089 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to correcting the spelling of the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-10-01 - SIGNED CHAP.288 [S09089 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S09089-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9089 IN SENATE June 15, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend chapter 182 of the laws of 1960 amending the highway law relating to providing that the Narrows Bridge shall be designated and known as "the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge", in relation to making a tech- nical correction thereto; and to amend the state law, the highway law, the navigation law, the environmental conservation law, the public authorities law, and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 182 of the laws of 1960 amending the 2 highway law relating to providing that the Narrows Bridge shall be 3 designated and known as "the Verrazano-Narrows bridge", is amended to 4 read as follows: 5 Section 1. In recognition of the bold explorations of Giovanni da 6 [Verrazano] Verrazzano and his discovery of New York harbor in fifteen 7 hundred twenty-four, the bridge to be constructed between Staten Island 8 and Long Island, sometimes referred to as the Narrows bridge or the 9 Brooklyn Richmond project, shall upon construction be designated and 10 known as "The [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge" 11 § 2. Subdivision 46 of section 121 of the state law, as added by chap- 12 ter 16 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 13 46. Forty-sixth district. In the county of Kings, the part of the 14 borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at 15 a point where Shore Road and 83rd Street meet, thence easterly along 16 said street to Narrows Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to 17 81st Street, thence easterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence 18 northerly along said road to 80th Street, thence easterly along said 19 street to Ridge Boulevard, thence northerly along said boulevard to 78th 20 Street, thence easterly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence souther- 21 ly along said avenue to 79th Street, thence southeasterly along said 22 street to 7th Avenue southbound, thence northerly along said avenue to 23 Ovington Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 8th Avenue, EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06472-06-8S. 9089 2 1 thence southwesterly along said avenue to 71st Street, thence southeast- 2 erly along said street to Fort Hamilton Parkway, thence northeasterly 3 along said parkway to Bay Ridge Avenue, thence southeasterly along said 4 avenue to 10th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 74th 5 Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 12th Avenue, thence 6 southwesterly along said avenue to 78th Street, thence southeasterly 7 along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue 8 to 79th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to 12th Avenue, 9 thence southwesterly along said avenue to 81st Street, thence southeast- 10 erly along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said 11 avenue to 82nd Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 14th 12 Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Benson Avenue, thence 13 southeasterly along said avenue to 16th Avenue, thence southwesterly 14 along said avenue to Cropsey Avenue, thence southeasterly along said 15 avenue to Bay 13th Street, thence southwesterly along said street to 16 Shore Parkway North, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point 17 on a line extended easterly from the Belt Parkway to the point where 18 Shore Parkway meets 21st Avenue, thence westerly along said line to the 19 Belt Parkway, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point where a 20 line extended south from Bayview Place meets the Belt Parkway, thence 21 northerly along said line extended to a point on a line extended 22 northwesterly from the end of Shore Road, thence southeasterly along 23 said line extended to Shore Road, thence southerly along said road to 24 Bay 50th Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Cropsey 25 Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Bay 50th Street, thence 26 northeasterly along said street to West 16th Street, thence southerly 27 along said street to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to West 28 15th Street, thence southerly along said street to Shore Parkway North, 29 thence southeasterly along said parkway to Stillwell Avenue, thence 30 southerly along said avenue to Belt Parkway, thence easterly along said 31 parkway to New York City Transit tracks (N Line), thence northerly along 32 said tracks to a point on a line extended northwesterly from the end of 33 Shore Parkway, thence southeasterly along said line to Shore Parkway 34 North, thence easterly along said parkway to Shell Road, thence norther- 35 ly along said road to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to 36 West Street, thence northerly along said street to Avenue Y, thence 37 easterly along said avenue to Ocean Parkway, thence southerly along said 38 parkway to Shore Parkway South, thence easterly along said parkway to 39 Brighton 3rd Street, thence southerly along said street to Neptune 40 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Brighton 4th Street, thence 41 southerly along said street to Ocean View Avenue, thence easterly along 42 said avenue to Brighton 5th Street, thence southerly along said street 43 to Brightwater Court, thence easterly along said court to Brighton 6th 44 Street, thence southerly along said street to Boardwalk East, thence 45 easterly along said boardwalk to a point on a line extended northerly 46 from the border of Kings/Queens County to Coney Island Avenue, thence 47 southerly along said line extended to the border of Kings/Queens county 48 line, thence westerly along said line to Kings/Richmond county line, 49 thence northerly along said line to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano- 50 Narrows Bridge, thence easterly along said bridge to a point on a line 51 extended southwesterly to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows 52 Bridge, thence northeasterly along said line extended to 4th Avenue and 53 Shore Road to its intersection with 83rd Street, thence northerly along 54 Shore Road to the point and place of beginning.S. 9089 3 1 § 3. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of 2 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws 3 of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 4 Interstate Route Connection 512. Staten Island expressway from 5 Goethals bridge approach to [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows 6 bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from [Verrazano-Narrows] 7 Verrazzano-Narrows bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand 8 Central parkway from Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy 9 bridge approach, Major Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge 10 approach to the Westchester county line connecting with interstate route 11 502. 12 § 4. Section 343-h of the highway law, as amended by chapter 97 of the 13 laws of 1998 and as renumbered by chapter 14 of the laws of 1999, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 § 343-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 16 "POW-MIA Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway system 17 located in Richmond county constituting route 278 from the Goethals 18 bridge to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge (Staten 19 Island Expressway) shall be designated and known as the "POW-MIA Memori- 20 al Highway". 21 § 5. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of 22 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 23 § 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main 24 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.: 25 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner 26 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F. 27 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester 28 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway 29 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson 30 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the 31 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West 32 Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed 33 or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped 34 or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no 35 more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth 36 street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction 37 or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full 38 restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F. 39 Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line 40 together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan 41 college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge 42 approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner 43 expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from 44 Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from 45 Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkway 46 from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx 47 and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry 48 Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey 49 tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from 50 the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem 51 river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington 52 bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue 53 and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway, 54 Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L. 55 Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from 56 Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expresswayS. 9089 4 1 from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway 2 from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect 3 expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central 4 Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the [Verrazano-Narrows] 5 Verrazzano-Narrows bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third 6 Avenue from Gowanus expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from 7 Third Avenue to Hugh L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensbor- 8 ough bridge approach to Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from 9 Whitestone expressway, including a connection to Grand Central parkway, 10 to John F. Kennedy international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from 11 Queens boulevard to Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross 12 Bay parkway from Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front 13 parkway; Shore Front parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the 14 shore line of the Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau 15 county line; Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel 16 approach to Queens Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens 17 Boulevard to the Nassau county line; a connection between Brooklyn- 18 Queens expressway and Northern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand 19 Central parkway; Grand Central parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge 20 approach to Nassau county line; Whitestone expressway from Bronx-White- 21 stone bridge approach to Van Wyck expressway and continuing to Grand 22 Central parkway; Clearview expressway from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau 23 expressway; Richmond parkway from Staten Island expressway to Outer- 24 bridge crossing approach; Staten Island expressway from Goethals bridge 25 to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge with a connection 26 to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from Staten Island expressway to 27 Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from Staten Island expressway to 28 Outerbridge crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of 29 West Shore expressway at Staten Island expressway, thence generally 30 along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, Lower New York bay 31 and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge crossing. 32 § 6. Section 91-a of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 197 of 33 the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows: 34 § 91-a. Licensing of Hudson river pilots. The commissioners, or a 35 majority of them, shall license, for such terms as they may think prop- 36 er, as many pilots as they may deem necessary to pilot ships through 37 that portion of the Hudson river specified in this act, the continuation 38 of the Hudson river, and the main ship channel of the Upper bay, New 39 York harbor, east of a line from Robbins reef light to the tower at 40 Staten Island borough hall and down to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazza- 41 no-Narrows Bridge, and such commissioners may specify in such licenses 42 different degrees of qualifications appropriate to different parts or 43 branches of pilot duty, according to the competency of the applicant. 44 § 7. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0306 of the environmental conserva- 45 tion law, as added by chapter 612 of the laws of 1987, is amended to 46 read as follows: 47 1. There is established a Hudson River estuarine district which shall 48 include the tidal waters of the Hudson River, including the tidal waters 49 of its tributaries and wetlands from the federal lock and dam at Troy to 50 the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows. 51 § 8. Section 553-f of the public authorities law, as amended by chap- 52 ter 2 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 53 § 553-f. Tokens. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, 54 but subject to agreements with noteholders and bondholders, the authori- 55 ty shall offer for sale tokens with respect to residents of the county 56 of Richmond and may, except as otherwise provided herein, regulate theS. 9089 5 1 use thereof. Tokens for residents of the county of Richmond shall enti- 2 tle the purchaser to crossings over the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano- 3 Narrows bridge at a reduced cost of eighty per centum of the regular 4 crossing fare imposed on nonresidents of the county of Richmond. In the 5 event the authority shall impose a surcharge in addition to the regular 6 toll for crossings over the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows 7 bridge, such surcharge shall not be deemed a part of the regular cross- 8 ing fare for purposes of this section, and the tokens offered for sale 9 to the residents of the county of Richmond as herein provided shall also 10 entitle the purchaser to a permanent exemption from the payment of any 11 such surcharge in an amount equal to the amount of any such surcharge 12 imposed during calendar year nineteen hundred ninety-three. Application 13 for such tokens or other payment devices shall be made in such manner as 14 prescribed by the authority and shall contain such information as the 15 authority may reasonably require. 16 § 9. Paragraph 35 of subdivision a of section 3-202 of the administra- 17 tive code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows: 18 35. Thirty-fifth District 19 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described 20 as follows: 21 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of 22 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south- 23 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to Staten 24 Island Expressway, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy Avenue, to Arlene Street, 25 to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to Victory Boulevard, to Willow- 26 brook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory Boulevard, to Manor Road, to 27 Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Richmond Road, proceeding norther- 28 ly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, to Old Town Road, to Staten 29 Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north on Staten Island Rapid Tran- 30 sit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steuben Street, to Hylan Boule- 31 vard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to Lily Pond Avenue, 32 extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly and westerly 33 through the Narrows, through the Kill Van Kull Waters, including the 34 entire part of the City of New York known as Snooter's Island, to the 35 waters of the Arthur Kill, to the point or place of beginning; this 36 district is further intended to include that part of the Borough of 37 Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: 38 BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of 39 Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue, extended to Harway Avenue, to 40 Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to 41 West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-sev- 42 enth Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to Eighteenth 43 Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway, 44 to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to 45 Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence northerly 46 and westerly along the border of the United States Government reserva- 47 tion known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort Hamilton 48 Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in the 49 waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line, thence projected 50 into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and parallel to 51 the [Verrazano Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge thence southerly and 52 easterly to the point or place of beginning. 53 § 10. The New York state department of transportation, the New York 54 city department of transportation and the metropolitan transportation 55 authority shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate 56 signage in conformance with this act within such time and in such mannerS. 9089 6 1 as they shall deem appropriate. However, to avoid confusion and to 2 limit any possible disruption of commerce, the designations called for 3 pursuant to this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official 4 name of such bridge shall not be changed as a result of this act. 5 § 11. Terms occurring in laws, regulations, contracts and other docu- 6 ments. Whenever Verrazano-Narrows Bridge or Verrazano Narrows Bridge is 7 referred to or designated in any law, regulation, contract or document, 8 such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the Verrazza- 9 no-Narrows Bridge, and no such laws, regulations, contracts or other 10 documents shall be thereby impaired in any way. 11 § 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
