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                                  3745

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT  to  amend the state law, 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:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official
name of all that portion of the state highway system located in Richmond
county  constituting  route  440  from Outerbridge Crossing to route 278
(West Shore Expressway) and route 278 from the Goethals  bridge  to  the
Verrazano-Narrows   bridge  (Staten  Island  Expressway)  shall  be  the
"POW-MIA Memorial Highway", as such highway  is  designated  in  section
343-h of the highway law.
  S  2. Subdivisions 63 and 64 of section 121 of the state law, as added
by chapter 16 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
  63. Sixty-third district. In the county of Richmond, that part of  the
borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described as follows:  Begin-
ning at the point where the New York/New Jersey border intersects with a
line extended northwesterly from Harbor Road, thence southeasterly along
said  line  to  Harbor  Road, thence southerly along said road to Forest
Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Summerfield  Place,  thence
southerly  along  said  place  to Francesca Lane, thence southerly along
said lane to Ludwig Lane, thence easterly along  said  lane  to  a  line
extended  westerly  from  Baron  Hirch Cemetery Pathway, thence easterly
along said line to said pathway, thence southeasterly along said pathway
to Richmond Avenue,  thence  southwesterly  along  said  avenue  to  the
[Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, thence southeaster-
ly   along  said  [expressway]  HIGHWAY  to  Victory  Boulevard,  thence
northeasterly along said boulevard to Woolley Avenue,  thence  northerly
along said avenue to Delmore Street, thence easterly along said street a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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line extended westerly from Livermore Avenue, thence easterly along said
line extended to Livermore Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
Waters  Avenue,  thence  westerly  along  said avenue to Woolley Avenue,
thence  northerly  along  said avenue to Leonard Avenue, thence easterly
along said avenue to  Livermore  Avenue,  thence  northerly  along  said
avenue  to  Lathrop  Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Dickie
Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue  to  College  Avenue,  thence
easterly  along  said  avenue to Wardwell Avenue, thence southerly along
said avenue to The Blvd, thence southeasterly along  said  boulevard  to
Jewett  Avenue,  thence  northerly along said avenue to Constant Avenue,
thence easterly along said avenue to Virginia  Place,  thence  northerly
along  said  place to Maine Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
Ohio Place, thence northerly along said place to College Avenue,  thence
westerly  along  said  avenue  to Brookside Avenue, thence southeasterly
along said avenue to Martling Avenue, thence  northeasterly  along  said
avenue  to  Clove  Road,  thence  southeasterly  along said road to Bard
Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Croton Avenue,  thence
easterly  along  said  avenue  to the border of Silver Lake Golf Course,
thence northeasterly along said border to Lakewood Road, thence norther-
ly along said road to Revere Street,  thence  northeasterly  along  said
street to University Place, thence northerly along said place to a point
on a line extended westerly from Greenwood Avenue, thence easterly along
said  line  to  Greenwood  Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
Forrest Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Victory  Boulevard,
thence southwesterly along said boulevard to Theresa Place, thence east-
erly  along  said place to Duncan Road, thence southerly along said road
to Greta Place, thence easterly  along  said  place  to  Howard  Avenue,
thence  southerly  along  said avenue to Arlo Road, thence southwesterly
along said road to Highland Avenue, thence southerly along  said  avenue
to  Howard Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Signal Hill
Road on Wagner College Campus, thence southeasterly along said road to a
point where it meets a line extended northwesterly from Cedar Terrace to
Signal Hill Road, thence southeasterly along said line to said  terrace,
thence  southeasterly along said terrace to Longview Road, thence south-
easterly along said road to a line extended northeasterly  from  Concord
Place,  thence  southwesterly  along  said line to Concord Place, thence
southeasterly along said place to Richmond Road, thence southerly  along
said  road  to  Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly along said street to
Rhine Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to  Pierce  Street,
thence  southeasterly  along said street to Targee Street, thence south-
westerly along said street to Interstate 278, thence northwesterly along
said expressway to Richmond Road, thence southwesterly along  said  road
to  Clove  Road,  thence southeasterly along said road to Targee Street,
thence southwesterly along said street to Baltic Avenue,  thence  south-
easterly  along  said  avenue to a line extended northwesterly from West
Fingerboard Road between Stonegate  Drive  and  North  Railroad  Avenue,
thence  southeasterly along said line extended to West Fingerboard Road,
thence southwesterly along said road to Targee Street, thence  northerly
along  said street to Columbus Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue
to Richmond Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Old Town Road,
thence southeasterly along said road to Savin Court, thence southwester-
ly along said court to Whitaker Place, thence southeasterly  along  said
place  to  Wilson  Street,  thence  southwesterly  along  said street to
Newberry Street,  thence  southeasterly  along  said  street  to  Remsen
Street, thence southwesterly along said street to Burgher Avenue, thence
northwesterly  along  said  avenue  to Bear Street, thence southwesterly

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along said street to  Alter  Avenue,  thence  northwesterly  along  said
avenue  to  Jefferson  Street, thence southwesterly along said street to
Seaver Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Richmond  Road,
thence  northeasterly  along  said  road  to  Four  Corners Road, thence
westerly along said road to Romer Road, thence northerly along said road
to Saint George Drive, thence northwesterly along said drive to Benedict
Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Saint James Place,  thence
southwesterly  along said place to Buttonwood Road, thence northwesterly
along said road to Circle Road, thence southwesterly along said road  to
Todt  Hill  Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Ocean Terrace,
thence westerly along said terrace to Manor Road, thence southerly along
said road to Portage  Avenue,  thence  westerly  along  said  avenue  to
Fanning Street, thence southerly along said street to Manor Road, thence
southwesterly  along  said  road  to  a line extended northwesterly from
Sloane Avenue, thence southeasterly along said line  to  Sloane  Avenue,
thence  southeasterly  along said avenue to Nevada Avenue, thence south-
easterly along said avenue  to  Rockland  Avenue,  thence  southeasterly
along  said avenue to Saint George Road, thence southwesterly along said
road to Lawn Avenue,  thence  northerly  along  said  avenue  to  Nugent
Street,  thence southwesterly along said street to a line extended east-
erly from Nugent Street, thence  westerly  along  said  line  to  Nugent
Street,  thence  westerly  along said street to a line extended easterly
from Lighthouse Avenue, thence westerly along said  line  to  Lighthouse
Avenue,  thence  westerly  to  a  line extended easterly from the end of
Manor Court, thence westerly along said  line  to  Manor  Court,  thence
westerly along said court to a footpath extended southerly from Edinboro
Road  to Manor Court, thence westerly along said road through the north-
erly side of the traffic circle to Richmond Hill Road, thence southeast-
erly along said road to Arthur Kill  Road,  thence  southwesterly  along
said road to Revere Lane, thence northwesterly along said lane to Frank-
lin  Lane, thence northerly along said lane to a line extended southwes-
terly from the Richmond Creek to said lane, thence  northeasterly  along
said  line  to  said  creek,  thence southwesterly along said creek to a
point where it meets a line extended northeasterly from the intersection
of Arthur Kill Road and Ridgewood  Avenue,  thence  southwesterly  along
said  line  to Arthur Kill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to
Ladd Avenue, thence westerly along said  avenue  to  Crossfield  Avenue,
thence  northerly  along  said  avenue  to Token Street, thence westerly
along said street to Futurity Place, thence northerly along  said  place
to  Arthur  Kill  Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Annadale
Road, thence southerly along said road to Drumgoole Road, thence  south-
westerly  along  said  road to Smyrna Avenue, thence westerly along said
avenue to Woehrle Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue  to  Grant-
wood  Avenue,  thence  northwesterly  along said avenue to Woodrow Road,
thence southwesterly along said road to Regina Lane, thence northwester-
ly along said lane to Halpin Avenue, thence northerly along said  avenue
to  Legate  Avenue,  thence  southwesterly  along said avenue to Carlton
Boulevard, thence southeasterly along said boulevard to  Halpin  Avenue,
thence  southwesterly  along  said avenue to Arden Avenue, thence south-
easterly along said avenue to Woodrow Road, thence  southwesterly  along
said  road  to  Almond Street, thence northeasterly along said street to
Vespa Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue  to  Arden  Avenue,
thence  northwesterly along said avenue to a line extended northeasterly
from Geyser Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to Geyser Drive,
thence westerly along said drive to Russek Drive, thence southerly along
said drive to Avon Green, thence westerly along said green  to  Huguenot

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Avenue,  thence  northerly along said avenue to Arthur Kill Road, thence
westerly along said road to a line extending southerly from  the  Arthur
Kill  shoreline  to Saint Lukes Avenue, thence northerly along said line
to  said  shoreline, thence northeasterly along said shoreline to a line
extended easterly from the New York/New Jersey state border to an inlet,
thence westerly along said line to  said  border,  thence  northeasterly
along  said  border  to  a  line  extended northwesterly from the end of
Harbor Road, the point and place of beginning.
  64. Sixty-fourth district. In the county of Kings, that  part  of  the
borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at
a  point  on  the  Kings County/New Jersey State Line to a line extended
northwesterly from the northern right-of-way of the Belt Parkway, thence
southeasterly along said line extended to a point at the end of Colonial
Road at Wakeman Place, thence southwesterly  along  said  road  to  68th
Street,  thence  southeasterly  along  said  street  to Ridge Boulevard,
thence southwesterly along said boulevard to 71st Street, thence  south-
easterly  along  said  street  to 3rd Avenue, thence southwesterly along
said avenue to 72nd Street, thence southeasterly along  said  street  to
Ridge Court, thence northeasterly along said court until its end, thence
to a line extended southwesterly from Ovington Avenue to the end of said
court, thence northeasterly along said line extended to Ovington Avenue,
thence  southeasterly along said avenue to 4th Avenue, thence northeast-
erly along said avenue to 69th Street, thence southeasterly  along  said
street  to 6th Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Erik Place,
thence southeasterly on said place to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along
said avenue to a line extended from the northern end of  Stewart  Avenue
northeasterly  to  7th  Avenue,  thence  southwesterly  along  said line
extended to the northern end of  Stewart  Avenue,  thence  southwesterly
along  said  avenue  to Ovington Avenue, thence southeasterly along said
avenue to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 79th street,
thence westerly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence northerly  along
said  avenue  to  78th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to
Ridge Boulevard, thence  southwesterly  along  said  boulevard  to  80th
Street,  thence northwesterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence
southwesterly along said road to 81st Street, thence northwesterly along
said street to Narrows Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to
83rd Street, thence westerly along said street  to  Shore  Road,  thence
southwesterly  along  said  road to the intersection of Belt Parkway and
Interstate 278, thence southwesterly along said interstate to the Verra-
zano-Narrows Bridge, thence  southwesterly  along  said  bridge  to  the
Kings/Richmond  county  line,  thence  northerly  along said line to the
Kings County/New Jersey State line, the point and  place  of  beginning;
Furthermore,  in  the  county  of  Richmond, that part of the borough of
Staten Island bounded by a line described as  follows:  Beginning  at  a
point where the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge meets the Kings/Richmond county
line,  thence  southerly along the Richmond county line to a point where
said line meets the New York/New Jersey State border,  thence  southwes-
terly  along said border, thence to a point intersecting a line extended
southeasterly from Armstrong Avenue,  thence  northwesterly  along  said
line to the intersection of said line and a line extended southerly from
Point  Street, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with
a line extended southeasterly from the end of  Robinson  Avenue,  thence
northwesterly along said line to Thornycroft Avenue, thence northwester-
ly  along said avenue to Tennyson Drive, thence northeasterly along said
drive to Littlefield Avenue, thence northwesterly along said  avenue  to
Hylan  Boulevard,  thence  northeasterly along said boulevard to Pacific

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Avenue, thence northwesterly  along  said  avenue  to  Sycamore  Street,
thence  southwesterly  along  said  street to Thornycroft Avenue, thence
northwesterly along said avenue to Oakdale Street, thence  southwesterly
along  said street to Winchester Avenue, thence northwesterly along said
avenue to Old Amboy Road, thence westerly along said road to Amboy Road,
thence  southwesterly  along  said  road  to  Richmond  Avenue,   thence
northwesterly  along  said avenue to Wilson Avenue, thence northeasterly
along said avenue to Eltingville Boulevard, thence northerly along  said
boulevard  to  Lamoka  Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to
Baltimore Street, thence northeasterly along  said  street  to  Giffords
Lane, thence southerly along said lane to Staten Island Railroad, thence
northeasterly  along  said  railroad to Amboy Road, thence southwesterly
along said road to South Railroad  Avenue,  thence  northeasterly  along
said  avenue  to Emmet Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to
South Railroad Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Jeffer-
son Avenue, thence northwesterly along said  avenue  to  North  Railroad
Avenue,  thence  northeasterly  along  said  avenue to Jefferson Street,
thence northeasterly along said street to Alter  Avenue,  thence  south-
easterly  along  said  avenue to Bear Street, thence northeasterly along
said street to Burgher Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to
Remsen Street,  thence  northeasterly  along  said  street  to  Newberry
Avenue,  thence northwesterly along said avenue to Wilson Street, thence
northeasterly along said street to Whitaker Place, thence  northwesterly
along  said  place to Savin Court, thence northeasterly along said court
to Old Town Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Richmond Road,
thence northerly along said road to  Columbus  Avenue,  thence  easterly
along  said  avenue to Targee Street, thence southerly along said street
to West Fingerboard Road, thence northeasterly  along  said  road  to  a
point  where a line extended southeasterly from the end of Baltic Avenue
meets a point on said road between Stonegate Drive  and  North  Railroad
Avenue,  thence northwesterly along said line extended to Baltic Avenue,
thence  northwesterly  along  said  avenue  to  Targee  Street,   thence
northeasterly  along  said  street  to  Clove Road, thence northwesterly
along said road to Richmond Road, thence northeasterly along  said  road
to  the  [Staten  Island  Expressway]  POW-MIA  MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, thence
southeasterly along said [expressway] HIGHWAY to Targee  Street,  thence
northeasterly  along  said street to Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly
along said street to Narrows Road, thence southeasterly along said  road
to  Mosel  Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Mosel Loop,
thence northeasterly along said loop to Mosel Avenue, thence  northeast-
erly  along  said  avenue  to Steuben Street, thence southeasterly along
said street to a line extended northwesterly from  Staten  Island  Rail-
road,  thence southeasterly along said line extended to railroad tracks,
thence northeasterly along said tracks to White Plains Avenue to a  line
extended  southeasterly  from where Osgood Avenue and Mosel Avenue meet,
thence northwesterly along a line  extended  to  Osgood  Avenue,  thence
northwesterly  along said avenue to Greenfield Avenue, thence northeast-
erly along said avenue to Tompkins Avenue,  thence  southeasterly  along
said  avenue  to  the  railroad  tracks, thence northeasterly along said
tracks to a line  extended  northeasterly  from  Langere  Place,  thence
southwesterly  along  said line extended to Langere Place, thence south-
westerly along said place to Lynhurst Avenue, thence northeasterly along
said avenue to Bay Street, thence northwesterly  along  said  street  to
Willow  Avenue,  thence  northeasterly  along  said  avenue to Edgewater
Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Clifton  Avenue  to  a
line  extended southwesterly from the Richmond/Kings county line, thence

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northeasterly along said line extended  to  the  Richmond  county  line,
thence  southeasterly  along  said  county line to the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge, the point and place of beginning.
  S  3.  The  paragraph  relating  to interstate route connection 512 of
section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 453 of the  laws
of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  Interstate  Route  Connection  512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY from  Goethals  bridge  approach  to  Verrazano-Narrows
bridge   approach,  Brooklyn-Queens  expressway  from  Verrazano-Narrows
bridge approach to Grand Central parkway,  Grand  Central  parkway  from
Brooklyn-Queens  expressway  to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major
Deegan expressway from Robert F.  Kennedy bridge approach to  the  West-
chester county line connecting with interstate route 502.
  S  4. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the
laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
  S 343-a. Portion of state highway system in the county of Richmond  to
be  designated  as  "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". All that
portion of the state highway system in the county of Richmond constitut-
ing the Richmond Parkway from [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORI-
AL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge Crossing  Approach  shall  be  designated  and
known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway".
  S  5.  Section  349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of
the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
  S 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main
routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.:
  New England thruway from  the  Westchester  county  line  to  Bruckner
expressway;  Bruckner  expressway  from New England thruway to Robert F.
Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from  the  Westchester
county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway
from  the  Westchester  county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson
parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the
Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this  route  from  West
Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed
or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped
or  used  for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no
more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street  to  seventy-sixth
street  as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction
or repair of the existing roadway following which there  shall  be  full
restoration  of  park  land;  Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F.
Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at  the  Westchester  county  line
together  with  a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan
college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from  George  Washington  bridge
approach  to  Throgs  Neck  bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner
expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur  V.  Sheridan  expressway  from
Cross-Bronx  expressway  to  Bruckner  expressway;  Mosholu parkway from
Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx  and  Pelham  parkway
from  Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx
and Pelham parkway to New England thruway;  Miller  highway  from  Henry
Hudson  parkway  to  the  Hugh  L.  Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey
tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt  drive  from
the  Hugh  L.  Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem
river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George  Washington
bridge  approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue
and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore  parkway,
Belt  parkway,  Southern  parkway  and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L.
Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from

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Southern parkway to the Nassau county line;  Brooklyn-Queens  expressway
from  Gowanus  expressway  to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway
from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean  parkway  from  Prospect
expressway  to  Shore  parkway;  Interborough parkway from Grand Central
Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from  the  Verrazano-Narrows
bridge  to  Third  avenue  at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus
expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh
L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach  to
Van  Wyck  expressway;  Van  Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway,
including a connection to Grand Central  parkway,  to  John  F.  Kennedy
international  airport;  Woodhaven  boulevard  from  Queens boulevard to
Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly  approach;  Cross  Bay  parkway  from
Cross  Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front
parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the  shore  line  of  the
Atlantic  ocean  to  the  Nassau  expressway  at the Nassau county line;
Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel approach to  Queens
Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau
county  line; a connection between Brooklyn-Queens expressway and North-
ern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand Central  parkway;  Grand  Central
parkway  from  Robert  F. Kennedy bridge approach to Nassau county line;
Whitestone expressway from Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach to Van  Wyck
expressway and continuing to Grand Central parkway; Clearview expressway
from  Throgs  Neck  bridge  to  Nassau expressway; Richmond parkway from
[Staten Island  expressway]  POW-MIA  MEMORIAL  HIGHWAY  to  Outerbridge
crossing  approach;  [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
from Goethals bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows bridge with  a  connection
to  Bayonne  bridge; Willowbrook parkway from [Staten Island expressway]
POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from
[Staten Island  expressway]  POW-MIA  MEMORIAL  HIGHWAY  to  Outerbridge
crossing;  Shore  Front  drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore
expressway at  [Staten  Island  expressway]  POW-MIA  MEMORIAL  HIGHWAY,
thence  generally  along  the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows,
Lower New York bay and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge cross-
ing.
  S 6. Paragraphs 1 and 35 of subdivision a  of  section  3-202  of  the
administrative  code  of  the  city  of  New York are amended to read as
follows:
  1. First District
  That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line  described
as follows:
  BEGINNING  at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge,  proceeding  south-
east,  to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten
Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue,  to  Fahy
Avenue,  to  Arlene  Street,  to  Lander  Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to
Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue  Road,  to  Victory
Boulevard,  to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich-
mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding  north
on  Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu-
ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
Lily Pond Avenue, extended to  waters  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean;  thence
southerly  and  westerly  through  waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan
Bay, to the waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New
York Line, proceeding northerly and including  Island  of  Meadows,  and
Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning.

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  35. Thirty-fifth District
  That  part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines  of
New  Jersey,  and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south-
east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to  [Staten
Island  Expressway]  POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy
Avenue, to Arlene Street, to  Lander  Avenue,  to  Richmond  Avenue,  to
Victory  Boulevard,  to  Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory
Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to  Rich-
mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
to  Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north
on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to  Steu-
ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly
and  westerly  through  the  Narrows,  through the Kill Van Kull Waters,
including the entire part of the City of New  York  known  as  Snooter's
Island,  to  the  waters  of  the  Arthur Kill, to the point or place of
beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the
Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line  in  the  waters  of
Gravesend  Bay  at  Twenty-sixth  Avenue,  extended to Harway Avenue, to
Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street,  to  Avenue  T,  to
West  Twelfth  Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-sev-
enth Street, to  Twentieth  Avenue,  to  Benson  Avenue,  to  Eighteenth
Avenue,  to  Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway,
to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street,  to  Cropsey  Avenue,  to
Fourteenth  Avenue,  to  Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence northerly
and westerly along the border of the United States  Government  reserva-
tion  known  as  Fort  Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort Hamilton
Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in  the
waters  of  The  Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line, thence projected
into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and  parallel  to
the  Verrazano Narrows Bridge thence southerly and easterly to the point
or place of beginning.
  b. If any numbered paragraph of subdivision a of this section  or  any
clause,  sentence  or  part  of  any  such  numbered  paragraph shall be
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such  judg-
ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other numbered paragraph
of subdivision a of this section, but shall be confined in its operation
to the numbered paragraph which was directly involved in the controversy
or  of  which  a clause, sentence, or part was directly involved in such
controversy.
  c. The provisions of this section shall apply to  the  nomination  and
election  of  council members at the primary and general election in the
year nineteen hundred eighty-one and thereafter  and  elections  by  the
voters  for  the  filling  of  vacancies  in  the offices of the council
members so elected arising otherwise than by expiration of the term, for
the balance thereof.
  S 7. The closing paragraph of subclause (C) of clause (i) of  subpara-
graph  (a)  of  paragraph  8  of  subdivision d of section 11-243 of the
administrative code of the city of New York, as  amended  by  local  law
number  41 of the city of New York for the year 1988, is amended to read
as follows:

A. 3745                             9

  FOX HILLS--The area bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue; the Upper  New  York
Bay;  the  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit Railway right of way; and, the
[Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY.
  S  8. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state  highway  system
as designated pursuant to section one of this act.
  S 9. This act shall take effect immediately.