S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6475
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 21, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, TOBACCO, TITONE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to transferring certain
land to the city of New York department of parks and recreation and
the department of environmental conservation and designating such
lands as parklands
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 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 to] THE Outerbridge crossing approach TO LA
TOURRETTE PARK AT RICHMOND AVENUE; Staten Island expressway from
Goethals bridge to the Verrazano-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.
S 2. All right, title and interest in property as defined in the high-
way law as the Willowbrook Parkway from Victory Boulevard to Great Kills
Park at Hylan Boulevard, shall be vested in the department of parks and
recreation of the city of New York.
S 3. All right, title and interest in property as defined in the high-
way law as the Richmond Parkway from a point 60 feet south of the Staten
Island expressway to Manor Road, shall be vested in the department of
parks and recreation of the city of New York.
S 4. All right, title and interest in property as defined in the high-
way law as the Richmond Parkway from Manor Road to Richmond Avenue,
shall be vested in the department of parks and recreation of the city of
New York.
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S 5. The parcels defined in sections two, three and four of this act
shall be used for park purposes, shall not be used for transportation
purposes and shall not be sold, leased, exchanged, donated, or otherwise
disposed of or used for other than public park purposes without the
express authority of an act of the legislature, which shall provide for
the substitution of other lands of equal environmental value and fair
market value and reasonably equivalent usefulness and location to those
to be discontinued, sold or disposed of, and such other requirements as
shall be approved by the commissioner of parks and recreation of the
city of New York and the commissioner of environmental conservation.
S 6. There shall be set aside a sum of money equal to the cost of
constructing the parkways that are de-mapped pursuant to this act, to be
used for highway and road improvement or transit purposes in the borough
of Staten Island, on application of the city of New York, the department
of transportation, the metropolitan transportation authority or the Port
Authority of New York and New Jersey, as the case may be. The projects
may include, but shall not be limited to: the construction of turning
lanes and intersection improvements at the intersection of Ocean Terrace
and Todt Hill Road; the extension of the eastbound service road of the
Staten Island Expressway from Manor Road to Renwick Avenue; or the
construction of a connector from the Korean War Veterans Parkway to
Richmond Avenue.
S 7. Nothing in this act shall prevent the city of New York from
making application to the legislature for approval of an exchange of
adjacent property owned by the city of New York of equivalent size and
value on Rockland Avenue between Brielle Avenue and Richmond Road, for
such improvement of Rockland Avenue as the city of New York may author-
ize consistent with any and all land use review and applicable state
law.
S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.