NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8158

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Jun 08, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Apr 13, 2020	referred to transportation

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- Jun 8, 2020 - Transportation Committee Vote
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2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §356, Pub Auth L; amd §§341, 342-d & 343-s, Hway L; amd §33, Transp L; amd §1180-a, V & T L

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Renames the Thomas E. Dewey Thruway to the Frederick Douglass Thruway.

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8158

SPONSOR: KENNEDY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public authorities law, the highway law, the trans-
portation law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to renaming
the Thomas E. Dewey Thruway to the Frederick Douglass Thruway

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would rename the New York State Thruway the Frederick
Douglass Thruway.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section one amends the closing paragraph of section 356 of the public
authorities law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 1964 to rename
the New York State Thruway the Frederick Douglass Thruway.

Section two amends the paragraph I of subdivision 31 and paragraph 7 of

subdivision 34 of section 341 of the highway law, paragraph 1 of subdi-
vision 31 as amended by chapter 594 of the laws of 1988 and paragraph 7
of subdivision 34 as added by chapter 550 of the laws of 1985 to rename
the New York State Thruway the Frederick Douglass Thruway.

Section three amends section 342-d of the highway law to rename the New
York State Thruway the Frederick Douglass Thruway.

Section four amends section 343-s of the highway law, as added by chap-
ter 277 of the laws of 2005 to rename the New York State Thruway the
Frederick Douglass Thruway.

Section five amends section 33 of the transportation law, as added by
chapter 420 of 7 the laws of 1968 to rename the New York State Thruway
the Frederick Douglass Thruway.

Section six amends subdivision 2 and paragraph (k) of subdivision 3 of
section 1180-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 464
of the laws of 2003 to rename the New York State Thruway the Frederick
Douglass Thruway.

Section seven establishes that the commissioner of transportation shall
provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the
state highway system

Section eight establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill aims to honor Frederick Douglass. Douglass was one of the most
eminent human rights leaders of the 19th century. His oratorical and
literary brilliance thrust him into the forefront of the U.S.  abolition
movement, and he became the first black citizen to hold high rank in the
U.S. government.

Douglass was separated as an infant from his enslaved mother and lived
with his grandmother on a Maryland plantation until he was eight years
old when his owner sent him to Baltimore to live as a house servant with
the family of Hugh Auld, whose wife defied state law by teaching him to
read. Upon the death of his master, he was returned to the plantation as
a field hand at age 16. Later he was hired out in Baltimore as a ship
caulker. Frederick tried to escape with three others in 1833, but the
plot was discovered before they could escape.

Five years later, Douglass was able to flee to New York City and then to
New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he worked as a laborer for three
years, eluding slave hunters by changing his surname to Douglass.
Distinguished for his oration, he quickly became a prominent abolition-
ist leader and lecturer. Following the publication of his autobiography
in 1845, Douglass traveled to England, where he lectured on the American
anti-slavery movement and raised funds that purchased his legal freedom.
An oft-quoted dictate of his was: "If there is no struggle there is no
progress."

Douglass lived in Rochester from 1847 to 1872 - living in Rochester
longer than he lived anywhere else during his lifetime. It was in
Rochester that he began publishing his newspapers, The North Star and
Frederick Douglass' Paper, in which he endorsed women's suffrage, and
continued to aid the "underground" flight of slaves to freedom.  During
his years in Rochester, Frederick Douglass was an important part of many
triumphs in the abolition of slavery and the women's suffrage movement.
In 1872, he became the first African American to be nominated for Vice
President of the United States. Though he did not win that election, he
continued to work tirelessly for social reform until his death in 1895.
After he died, Douglass was buried in Rochester's historic Mount Hope
Cemetery, which is also the final resting place of suffragist Susan B.
Anthony.

In 1848, he attended the Seneca Falls Convention in Upstate New York.
He was the only African American to attend the first women's rights
convention. His powerful words helped to pass the resolution for women's
suffrage.

The renaming of the New York State Thruway after Frederick Douglass is a
fitting tribute to a man who changed American history and was a key
figure in New York's ascension as a center for abolitionist movements
and women's rights.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New legislation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The thirtieth day after it shall have become a law

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8158
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- 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 highway law, the  trans-
   portation law and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to renaming
   the Thomas E. Dewey Thruway to the Frederick Douglass Thruway

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The closing paragraph of section 356 of the public authori-
 ties law, as added by chapter 23 of the laws of 1964, is amended to read
 as follows:
   The thruway constructed along the routes designated  in  this  section
 shall  be  known  as  "The [Governor Thomas E. Dewey] FREDERICK DOUGLASS
 Thruway".
   § 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision 31 and paragraph 7 of  subdivision  34
 of  section  341  of  the  highway law, paragraph 1 of subdivision 31 as
 amended by chapter 594 of the laws of 1988 and paragraph 7  of  subdivi-
 sion 34 as added by chapter 550 of the laws of 1985, are amended to read
 as follows:
   1.  Beginning at the Madison-Oneida county line east of the village of
 Madison, thence running generally easterly through or near the hamlet of
 Sangerfield and the village of Bridgewater to the  Oneida-Otsego  county
 line;  beginning  at the Herkimer-Oneida county line east of the village
 of Bridgewater, thence running generally easterly to the Oneida-Herkimer
 county line, west of the village of  West  Winfield;  beginning  at  the
 Madison-Oneida  county  line,  thence  running  generally  northeasterly
 through or near the village of Waterville and the hamlet of Paris  to  a
 point in or near the village of New Hartford; beginning at a point in or
 near  the  village of Waterville, thence running generally northwesterly
 through or near the hamlet of Forge Hollow to a point  in  or  near  the
 hamlet  of  Deansboro; beginning at the Madison-Oneida county line in or
 near the village of Oriskany Falls, thence running  generally  northerly
 through  or near the hamlet of Deansboro and the villages of Clinton and
 New Hartford to the southern city line of Utica; beginning at a point on
 or near state highway seven hundred sixty-one, thence running  generally
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15371-01-0

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 northerly  through or near the hamlets of Kirkland and Westmoreland to a
 point in or near the hamlet of Stanwix; beginning at a point on or  near
 the  west  end  of  state  highway  one thousand six hundred ten, thence
 running  generally  easterly to a point on or near the east end of state
 highway nine thousand sixty-one, in or  near  the  village  of  Clinton;
 beginning  at  a  point  on  or  near  state highway five thousand three
 hundred eighty-five in or near the village  of  Oriskany  Falls,  thence
 running  generally northwesterly through or near the hamlets of Augusta,
 Vernon Center and Lowell to a  point  on  or  near  state  highway  five
 hundred  sixty-four in the city of Rome; beginning at a point in or near
 the hamlet of Vernon Center, thence running generally northwesterly to a
 point on or near state highway two hundred seventy-one in the village of
 Vernon; beginning at a point east of  the  hamlet  of  Kirkland,  thence
 running  generally  southeasterly to a point northeast of the village of
 Clinton; beginning at a point northeast of the village of Clinton on  or
 near  the south end of state highway fifty-four dash two, thence running
 generally northeasterly to a point on or near state highway  nine  thou-
 sand  two  hundred  five;  beginning  at the Oneida-Madison county line,
 thence running generally  northerly  through  or  near  the  village  of
 Bridgewater  and hamlets of Clayville, Chadwicks and Washington Mills to
 the southern city line of Utica,  including  an  interchange  connection
 with Genesee street in the city of Utica; beginning at the Madison-Onei-
 da  county  line,  thence running generally easterly through or near the
 village of Oneida Castle, the city of Sherrill, the  village  of  Vernon
 and  the  hamlet  of  Kirkland  to  a point on the southern city line of
 Utica; beginning at a point in or near the  village  of  Oneida  Castle,
 thence  running  generally  northeasterly  through or near the hamlet of
 Verona Station to a point on or near the southern inner corporation line
 of the city of Rome; beginning at a point south of  the  southern  inner
 corporation  line  of  the city of Rome, thence running generally south-
 easterly through or near the villages of Oriskany, Whitesboro, New  York
 Mills  and  Yorkville  to the western city line of Utica; beginning at a
 point on state highway eight thousand four  hundred  fifty-five  in  the
 village  of  Oriskany, thence running generally northeasterly to a point
 on or near state highway two hundred ninety-six; beginning at a point on
 or near state highway nine  thousand  two  hundred  five,  west  of  the
 village  of  New  Hartford,  thence running generally northeasterly to a
 point in or near the village of New York Mills; beginning at  the  Madi-
 son-Oneida county line east of the city of Oneida, thence running gener-
 ally  easterly to a point on or near state highway forty-seven dash one,
 north of the village of Oneida Castle; beginning at a point on the Madi-
 son-Oneida county line, thence running generally  northeasterly  through
 or  near  the  hamlets  of  Durhamville and New London to a point on the
 western inner corporation line of the city of Rome; beginning at a point
 on the Madison-Oneida county line,  thence  running  generally  easterly
 through  or  near  the  hamlets  of State Bridge and Verona Station to a
 point in or near the village of Vernon; beginning at a point on a  state
 highway  in  or near the hamlet of Stanwix, as determined by the commis-
 sioner, thence running generally southeasterly and easterly  through  or
 near the hamlet of Westmoreland to a state highway on or near the south-
 western city line of Utica, as determined by the commissioner; beginning
 at  a  point  in  or  near the village of New York Mills, thence running
 generally easterly to the western city line of Utica; beginning  at  the
 Madison-Oneida  county  line, thence running generally northerly through
 or near the hamlet of Sylvan Beach to a point on or near  state  highway
 eight  thousand  one  hundred  three,  east  of the hamlet of North Bay;

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 beginning at the Oneida-Madison county line,  thence  running  generally
 northerly  along  the eastern shore of Oneida lake to a point on or near
 the southern boundary of Verona Beach state park; beginning at  a  point
 on  the northern boundary of the Verona Beach state park, thence running
 generally northerly along the eastern shore of Oneida lake  to  a  point
 south  of  the  hamlet  of  Sylvan Beach; beginning at the Oswego-Oneida
 county line, thence running  generally  easterly  through  or  near  the
 hamlets  of North Bay and Vienna to a point in or near the hamlet of New
 London; beginning at a point in or near the  hamlet  of  Vienna,  thence
 running generally northwesterly through or near the village of Camden to
 the  Oswego-Oneida  county  line;  beginning at the Oswego-Oneida county
 line, thence running generally southeasterly to a point in or  near  the
 village  of  Camden;  beginning  at  a  point  in or near the village of
 Camden, thence running  generally  southeasterly  through  or  near  the
 hamlet  of  Taberg, to the western inner corporation line of the city of
 Rome; beginning at the eastern inner corporation line  of  the  city  of
 Rome,  thence running generally southeasterly through or near the hamlet
 of Cary Corners to the western city line  of  Utica;  beginning  at  the
 southern  end  of state highway one thousand five hundred seventeen at a
 point on or near the northern city line of Utica, thence running  gener-
 ally  northerly to a point south of the Erie canal; beginning at a point
 on or near state highway one thousand  five  hundred  seventeen  on  the
 northern side of the [Governor Thomas E. Dewey] FREDERICK DOUGLASS Thru-
 way,  thence  running generally northerly to a point west of the western
 city line of Utica; beginning at the northern inner corporation line  of
 the city of Rome, thence running generally northerly through or near the
 hamlets  of Stokes, West Branch and Ava to the Oneida-Lewis county line;
 beginning at the northern inner corporation line of the  city  of  Rome,
 thence  running generally northerly through or near the hamlets of West-
 ernville and northwestern to a point in or near  the  village  of  Boon-
 ville;  beginning at the Oneida-Lewis county line, thence running gener-
 ally easterly to a point in or near the village of Boonville;  beginning
 at  a  point  in  or  near the village of Holland Patent, thence running
 generally northwesterly through or near the hamlets of Steuben  and  Big
 Brook  to  a  point in or near the hamlet of Frenchville; beginning at a
 point on state highway five  hundred  sixty,  in  the  vicinity  of  the
 entrance to Griffiss Air Force base, thence running generally northeast-
 erly  near  or  through  the hamlet of Floyd to a point on state highway
 eight thousand three hundred forty-five, west of the village of  Holland
 Patent; beginning at a point on state highway five thousand five hundred
 forty-seven, north of the village of Whitesboro, thence running general-
 ly  northeasterly through or near the villages of Holland Patent, Barne-
 veld and Prospect and the hamlet  of  Hinckley  to  the  Oneida-Herkimer
 county  line;  beginning  at  the  northern  city  line of Utica, thence
 running generally  northerly  and  northwesterly  through  or  near  the
 villages  of  Barneveld  and  Remsen, the hamlet of Alder Creek, and the
 village of Boonville to the Oneida-Lewis county line; beginning  in  the
 town  of  Deerfield  on or near state highway nine hundred thirty-three,
 thence running generally northeasterly to a point south of  West  Canada
 creek and west of the village of Poland; beginning at the Herkimer-Onei-
 da  county  line  at a point on or near state highway five thousand five
 hundred fifty-nine, thence running generally easterly to a point on  the
 Oneida-Herkimer  county line west of the village of Poland; beginning at
 a point on state highway nine hundred thirty-one, south of  the  village
 of  Barneveld,  thence running generally easterly to the Oneida-Herkimer
 county line; beginning at a point on state highway five  thousand  three

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 hundred  forty-five,  north  of  the village of Prospect, thence running
 generally northwesterly to a point on or near state highway  five  thou-
 sand three hundred forty-six in or near the village of Remsen; beginning
 at  a point on state highway five thousand two hundred forty-eight in or
 near the hamlet of Alder Creek, thence running  generally  northeasterly
 through  or near the hamlets of Forestport, White Lake and Otter Lake to
 the Oneida-Herkimer county line; beginning at a point on  state  highway
 five  thousand  three hundred three in or near the village of Boonville,
 thence running generally northwesterly to the Oneida-Lewis county  line;
 beginning at a point west of the village of New Hartford in the vicinity
 of the Utica North-South arterial, thence running generally southeaster-
 ly through or near the hamlet of Washington Mills to the Oneida-Herkimer
 county  line; beginning at a point on state highway nine hundred thirty-
 one south of the village of Barneveld, thence running generally norther-
 ly through the village of Barneveld to a point  on  state  highway  five
 thousand  three  hundred  twenty-five;  beginning  at a point on or near
 state highway fifty-eight dash four in or  near  the  city  of  Rome  as
 determined  by  the commissioner, thence running generally northeasterly
 to the southern inner corporation line of the city of Rome; beginning at
 a point on state highway eight thousand five hundred ten in the  village
 of  Whitesboro, thence running northeasterly to a point on state highway
 two hundred ninety-seven; beginning at the city line of Utica  at  state
 arterial   highway  sixty  dash  twenty-five  thence  running  generally
 northeasterly to a point on the village of Yorkville  -  city  of  Utica
 line at or near Whitesboro street.
   7.  Effective  upon  the approval and filing by the comptroller of the
 state of New York of the first contract for the construction  of  a  new
 interchange  on the [Governor Thomas E. Dewey] FREDERICK DOUGLAS thruway
 between exit fifteen, in the town of Ramapo, Rockland county,  and  exit
 sixteen  in the town of Woodbury, Orange county, connecting such thruway
 with existing highways in the vicinity  of  the  intersection  of  state
 highway  eight  thousand  two hundred fifty-eight and state highways one
 thousand six hundred forty-three B and four hundred sixteen in the  town
 of  Tuxedo,  Orange county, provided that the legislative body of Orange
 county shall have  previously  approved  the  transfer  of  the  highway
 described in this paragraph, the commissioner of transportation is here-
 by  authorized  and  directed  to  assume jurisdiction for state highway
 purposes over the county road described as follows: that portion of  the
 route described in paragraph one hereof as "beginning at a state highway
 near  the  village of Warwick, thence running generally easterly through
 or near the village of Greenwood Lake to a state  highway  northeast  of
 the  village  of  Tuxedo Park, thence running easterly to a point on the
 New York state thruway" that lies between  state  highway  four  hundred
 sixteen and a point on the New York state thruway.
   §  3.  Section 342-d of the highway law, as added by chapter 61 of the
 laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
   § 342-d. Portion of state highway system to be designated as the "Col.
 George F. Chandler Drive." From exit nineteen of "The  [Governor  Thomas
 E.  Dewey]  FREDERICK  DOUGLASS Thruway" and Edison Plaza at the traffic
 interchange in Ulster County at Kingston, shall be designated  as  "Col.
 George F. Chandler Drive."
   §  4.   Section 343-s   of the highway law, as added by chapter 277 of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 343-s. Portion of the state highway system to be designated  as  the
 "Erie  County Veterans' Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state
 highway system constituting United States route two hundred nineteen, in

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 Erie county from the interchange  with  interstate  route  ninety  ("The
 [Thomas   E.   Dewey]   FREDERICK   DOUGLASS   Thruway"),   mile  marker
 219-5312-124.9, in the town of West Seneca to  the  interchange  at  New
 York  route three hundred ninety-one, mile marker 219-5312-116.5, in the
 town of Hamburg shall be designated and known as the "Erie County Veter-
 ans' Memorial Highway".
   § 5. Section 33 of the transportation law, as added by chapter 420  of
 the laws of 1968, is amended to read as follows:
   § 33. Purposes of fund.  The purposes of this fund shall be to provide
 a  means  for elimination of existing tolls, except bridge tolls, on the
 Niagara section of the [Governor Thomas  E.  Dewey]  FREDERICK  DOUGLASS
 Thruway within the context of protection of the rights of the bond hold-
 ers of the New York State Thruway Authority.
   §  6.  Subdivision  2  and  paragraph  (k) of subdivision 3 of section
 1180-a of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by chapter 464 of  the
 laws of 2003, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdi-
 vision one of this section, upon The [Governor Thomas E. Dewey]  FREDER-
 ICK  DOUGLASS  Thruway  as such term is defined in section three hundred
 fifty-six of the public authorities law,  the  New  York  state  thruway
 authority  may  establish  a maximum speed limit of not more than sixty-
 five miles per hour provided that such maximum allowable speed limit  is
 established in accordance with all applicable rules and regulations.
   (k)  interstate  ninety  from exit eight, in the county of Rensselaer,
 thence generally easterly to the interchange with the Berkshire  section
 of The [Governor Thomas E. Dewey] FREDERICK DOUGLASS Thruway,
   §  7. 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.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Jun 8, 2020 - Transportation Committee Vote

Transportation Committee Vote: Jun 8, 2020

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Details

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2019-S8158 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

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