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                                   8337
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 20, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conserva-
   tion law and the highway law, in relation  to  renaming  the  Governor
   Mario  M.  Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge;
   and to amend the public authorities law in relation  to  renaming  the
   Welcome  Center  at  the  Westchester  Landing  for the Mario M. Cuomo
   Bridge the Governor Malcolm Wilson Welcome Center
 
   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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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:
   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 public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 389
 to read as follows:
   §  389. THE WELCOME CENTER AT THE WESTCHESTER LANDING FOR THE MARIO M.
 CUOMO BRIDGE LOCATED AT  THE  SOUTHERN  WESTCHESTER  CONNECTION  OF  THE
 GOVERNOR  MARIO  M. CUOMO TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE SHALL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN AS
 "THE GOVERNOR MALCOLM WILSON WELCOME CENTER."
   § 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.