NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7671

Senate Bill S7671

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the renaming or designation of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 21, 2018	referred to transportation
Jun 20, 2018	delivered to assembly passed senate
May 31, 2018	advanced to third reading
May 30, 2018	2nd report cal.
May 22, 2018	1st report cal.1300
Feb 06, 2018	referred to transportation

Votes

- Jun 20, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S7671
  
  40
  
  Aye
  
  20
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 20, 2018
      
      aye (40)
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Jacobs
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Serino
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      nay (20)
      
      Alcantara
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Dilan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      excused (3)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Croci
      
      Rivera
  May 22, 2018 - Transportation Committee Vote
  S7671
  
  13
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Transportation Committee Vote: May 22, 2018
      
      aye (13)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Dilan
      
      Griffo
      
      Larkin
      
      Marcellino
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Robach
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Stavisky
      
      Young
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Avella
      
      Gallivan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Peralta
      
      Valesky
      
      excused (1)
      
      Croci

2017-S7671 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8914
Current Committee:: Assembly Transportation
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §356, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-0103 & 13-0307, En Con L; amd §§342-ww & 349-a, Hway L

2017-S7671 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the renaming or designation of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

2017-S7671 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7671     Revised 03/12/18

SPONSOR: DEFRANCISCO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conserva-
tion law and the highway law, in relation to naming the Governor Mario
M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would rename or designate the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridges
as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authori-
ties law, as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
2017.

Section 2 - Amends section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation

law, as amended by section 7 of part M of chapter 62 of the laws of
2017.

Section 3 - Amends subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 62 of the
laws of 2017.

Section 4 - Amends section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by
section 9 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017.

Section 5 - Amends subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as
amended by section 10 of part M of chapter 62 of the laws of 2017.

Section 6 - The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the
installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway
system as designated pursuant to this act. However, to avoid confusion
and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the commissioner shall
only provide for the removal of signs which reference Governor Malcom
Wilson when referring to the Governor Mario M Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.
Signs which reference such bridge only as "Tappan Zee" or Zappan Zee
bridge" shall not be replaced to avoid needless cost.

Section 7 - Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Local residents surrounding the Tappan Zee Bridge have voiced their
opposition to the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge, including a peti-
tion process which includes well over 100K signatures. This strong oppo-
sition is due to the fact that Tappan Zee denotes the history of the
area in which the bridge is located. Tappan - is the name of a native
American sub-tribe of the Delaware/Lenni Lenape and Zee is Dutch for sea
honoring the early Dutch settlers. For this reason to honor the culture
and heritage of this region, the bridge should be renamed the Governor
Mario Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Nominal

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S7671 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7671
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental  conserva-
   tion law and the highway law, in relation to naming the Governor Mario
   M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law,
 as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road,  thence  in  a  general
 northerly  and  westerly  direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The  Governor
 Mario  M.  Cuomo  TAPPAN  ZEE  Bridge",  including  a highway connection
 between "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo TAPPAN  ZEE  Bridge"  and  the  New
 England  section  of the thruway presently known as interstate route two
 hundred eighty-seven, thence in a general westerly direction  to  inter-
 sect  with  existing route number seventeen or to a connection with that
 route, including a thruway connection from that portion of  the  section
 west  of  the  Hudson river, generally southerly to a point to be deter-
 mined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
   § 2. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to
 read as follows:
 § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
   The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
 tic  Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
 tidal waters within the state, including the  Hudson  River  up  to  the
 Governor Mario M. Cuomo TAPPAN ZEE bridge.
   §  3.  Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva-
 tion law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD14631-03-8

 S. 7671                             2
 
   1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
 in the marine district and the Hudson River between the  Governor  Mario
 M.  Cuomo TAPPAN ZEE bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the
 sanitary  condition  thereof  in accordance with regulations promulgated
 pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
   §  4.  Section  342-ww  of the highway law, as amended by section 9 of
 part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   § 342-ww. Portion of the New York state thruway to  be  designated  as
 the  "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the New
 York state thruway in the county  of  Rockland  constituting  interstate
 route  287  from  the  New Jersey border to "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo
 TAPPAN ZEE Bridge" shall be designated and  known  as  the  "Jewish  War
 Veterans Memorial Highway".
   §  5. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by
 section 10 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   2.  The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road,  thence  in  a  general
 northerly  and  westerly  direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The  Governor
 Mario  M.  Cuomo TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", thence in a general westerly direc-
 tion  to  intersect  with  existing  route  number  seventeen  or  to  a
 connection  with  that  route,  including a thruway connection from that
 portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally southerly  to
 a  point  to  be  determined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey
 boundary line.
   § 6. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the  instal-
 lation  and  maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
 as designated pursuant to this act. However, to avoid  confusion,  need-
 less  cost and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the commis-
 sioner shall only provide for  the  removal  of  signs  which  reference
 Governor  Malcom  Wilson  when  referring to the Governor Mario M. Cuomo
 Tappan Zee Bridge. Signs which reference such  bridge  only  as  "Tappan
 Zee" or "Tappan Zee bridge" shall not be replaced.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

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