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                                  2681

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 27, 2015
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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 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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along said avenue to Delmore Street, thence easterly along said street a
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

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northwesterly along said avenue to  Bear  Street,  thence  southwesterly
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

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said  drive  to Avon Green, thence westerly along said green to Huguenot
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

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Hylan Boulevard, thence northeasterly along said  boulevard  to  Pacific
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

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line extended southwesterly from the Richmond/Kings county line,  thence
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.

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Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from
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

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York  Line,  proceeding  northerly  and including Island of Meadows, and
Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning.
  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:

S. 2681                             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.