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                                   5585
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2025
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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 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.
   §  2.  The  paragraph  relating  to interstate route connection 512 of
 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of the  laws
 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   Interstate  Route  Connection  512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA
 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY from Goethals  bridge  approach  to  Verrazzano-Narrows
 bridge  approach,  Brooklyn-Queens  expressway  from  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  West-
 chester county line connecting with interstate route 502.
   §  3. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the
 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   § 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-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 AL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge Crossing  Approach  shall  be  designated  and
 known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway".
   §  4.  Section  349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of
 the laws of 2018, 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
 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  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 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
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 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 Verrazzano-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.
   § 5. 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:
   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.
   § 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 section one of this act.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.