S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9089
I N S E N A T E
June 15, 2018
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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:
Section 1. Section 1 of 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", is amended to
read as follows:
Section 1. In recognition of the bold explorations of Giovanni da
[Verrazano] VERRAZZANO and his discovery of New York harbor in fifteen
hundred twenty-four, the bridge to be constructed between Staten Island
and Long Island, sometimes referred to as the Narrows bridge or the
Brooklyn Richmond project, shall upon construction be designated and
known as "The [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS Bridge"
§ 2. Subdivision 46 of section 121 of the state law, as added by chap-
ter 16 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
46. Forty-sixth district. In the county of Kings, the part of the
borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at
a point where Shore Road and 83rd Street meet, thence easterly along
said street to Narrows Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
81st Street, thence easterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence
northerly along said road to 80th Street, thence easterly along said
street to Ridge Boulevard, thence northerly along said boulevard to 78th
Street, thence easterly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence souther-
ly along said avenue to 79th Street, thence southeasterly along said
street to 7th Avenue southbound, thence northerly along said avenue to
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.
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thence southwesterly along said avenue to 71st Street, thence southeast-
erly along said street to Fort Hamilton Parkway, thence northeasterly
along said parkway to Bay Ridge Avenue, thence southeasterly along said
avenue to 10th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 74th
Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 12th Avenue, thence
southwesterly along said avenue to 78th Street, thence southeasterly
along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue
to 79th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to 12th Avenue,
thence southwesterly along said avenue to 81st Street, thence southeast-
erly along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said
avenue to 82nd Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 14th
Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Benson Avenue, thence
southeasterly along said avenue to 16th Avenue, thence southwesterly
along said avenue to Cropsey Avenue, thence southeasterly along said
avenue to Bay 13th Street, thence southwesterly along said street to
Shore Parkway North, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point
on a line extended easterly from the Belt Parkway to the point where
Shore Parkway meets 21st Avenue, thence westerly along said line to the
Belt Parkway, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point where a
line extended south from Bayview Place meets the Belt Parkway, thence
northerly along said line extended to a point on a line extended
northwesterly from the end of Shore Road, thence southeasterly along
said line extended to Shore Road, thence southerly along said road to
Bay 50th Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Cropsey
Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Bay 50th Street, thence
northeasterly along said street to West 16th Street, thence southerly
along said street to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to West
15th Street, thence southerly along said street to Shore Parkway North,
thence southeasterly along said parkway to Stillwell Avenue, thence
southerly along said avenue to Belt Parkway, thence easterly along said
parkway to New York City Transit tracks (N Line), thence northerly along
said tracks to a point on a line extended northwesterly from the end of
Shore Parkway, thence southeasterly along said line to Shore Parkway
North, thence easterly along said parkway to Shell Road, thence norther-
ly along said road to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to
West Street, thence northerly along said street to Avenue Y, thence
easterly along said avenue to Ocean Parkway, thence southerly along said
parkway to Shore Parkway South, thence easterly along said parkway to
Brighton 3rd Street, thence southerly along said street to Neptune
Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Brighton 4th Street, thence
southerly along said street to Ocean View Avenue, thence easterly along
said avenue to Brighton 5th Street, thence southerly along said street
to Brightwater Court, thence easterly along said court to Brighton 6th
Street, thence southerly along said street to Boardwalk East, thence
easterly along said boardwalk to a point on a line extended northerly
from the border of Kings/Queens County to Coney Island Avenue, thence
southerly along said line extended to the border of Kings/Queens county
line, thence westerly along said line to Kings/Richmond county line,
thence northerly along said line to the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-
NARROWS Bridge, thence easterly along said bridge to a point on a line
extended southwesterly to the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS
Bridge, thence northeasterly along said line extended to 4th Avenue and
Shore Road to its intersection with 83rd Street, thence northerly along
Shore Road to the point and place of beginning.
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§ 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 from
Goethals bridge approach to [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS
bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from [Verrazano-Narrows]
VERRAZZANO-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 Westchester county line connecting with interstate route
502.
§ 4. Section 343-h of the highway law, as amended by chapter 97 of the
laws of 1998 and as renumbered by chapter 14 of the laws of 1999, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 343-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the
"POW-MIA Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway system
located in Richmond county constituting route 278 from the Goethals
bridge to the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS bridge (Staten
Island Expressway) shall be designated and known as the "POW-MIA Memori-
al Highway".
§ 5. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of
the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
§ 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
Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway
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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]
VERRAZZANO-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 Queensbor-
ough 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 Northern 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-White-
stone 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 to Outer-
bridge crossing approach; Staten Island expressway from Goethals bridge
to the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS bridge with a connection
to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from Staten Island expressway to
Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from Staten Island expressway to
Outerbridge crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of
West Shore expressway at Staten Island expressway, thence generally
along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, Lower New York bay
and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge crossing.
§ 6. Section 91-a of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 197 of
the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:
§ 91-a. Licensing of Hudson river pilots. The commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall license, for such terms as they may think prop-
er, as many pilots as they may deem necessary to pilot ships through
that portion of the Hudson river specified in this act, the continuation
of the Hudson river, and the main ship channel of the Upper bay, New
York harbor, east of a line from Robbins reef light to the tower at
Staten Island borough hall and down to the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZA-
NO-NARROWS Bridge, and such commissioners may specify in such licenses
different degrees of qualifications appropriate to different parts or
branches of pilot duty, according to the competency of the applicant.
§ 7. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0306 of the environmental conserva-
tion law, as added by chapter 612 of the laws of 1987, is amended to
read as follows:
1. There is established a Hudson River estuarine district which shall
include the tidal waters of the Hudson River, including the tidal waters
of its tributaries and wetlands from the federal lock and dam at Troy to
the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS.
§ 8. Section 553-f of the public authorities law, as amended by chap-
ter 2 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
§ 553-f. Tokens. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,
but subject to agreements with noteholders and bondholders, the authori-
ty shall offer for sale tokens with respect to residents of the county
of Richmond and may, except as otherwise provided herein, regulate the
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use thereof. Tokens for residents of the county of Richmond shall enti-
tle the purchaser to crossings over the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-
NARROWS bridge at a reduced cost of eighty per centum of the regular
crossing fare imposed on nonresidents of the county of Richmond. In the
event the authority shall impose a surcharge in addition to the regular
toll for crossings over the [Verrazano-Narrows] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS
bridge, such surcharge shall not be deemed a part of the regular cross-
ing fare for purposes of this section, and the tokens offered for sale
to the residents of the county of Richmond as herein provided shall also
entitle the purchaser to a permanent exemption from the payment of any
such surcharge in an amount equal to the amount of any such surcharge
imposed during calendar year nineteen hundred ninety-three. Application
for such tokens or other payment devices shall be made in such manner as
prescribed by the authority and shall contain such information as the
authority may reasonably require.
§ 9. Paragraph 35 of subdivision a of section 3-202 of the administra-
tive code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:
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, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy Avenue, to Arlene Street,
to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to Victory Boulevard, to Willow-
brook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory Boulevard, to Manor Road, to
Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Richmond Road, proceeding norther-
ly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, to Old Town Road, to Staten
Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north on Staten Island Rapid Tran-
sit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steuben Street, to Hylan Boule-
vard, 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] VERRAZZANO-NARROWS Bridge thence southerly and
easterly to the point or place of beginning.
§ 10. The New York state department of transportation, the New York
city department of transportation and the metropolitan transportation
authority shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate
signage in conformance with this act within such time and in such manner
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as they shall deem appropriate. However, to avoid confusion and to
limit any possible disruption of commerce, the designations called for
pursuant to this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official
name of such bridge shall not be changed as a result of this act.
§ 11. Terms occurring in laws, regulations, contracts and other docu-
ments. Whenever Verrazano-Narrows Bridge or Verrazano Narrows Bridge is
referred to or designated in any law, regulation, contract or document,
such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to the Verrazza-
no-Narrows Bridge, and no such laws, regulations, contracts or other
documents shall be thereby impaired in any way.
§ 12. This act shall take effect immediately.
