S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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741
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the highway law, in
relation to renaming the Queens Midtown tunnel the Jane Matilda Bolin
tunnel
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraphs (f), (i) and (j) of subdivision 9 of section 553
of the public authorities law, paragraphs (f) and (i) as amended by
chapter 954 of the laws of 1946 and paragraph (j) as amended by chapter
558 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows:
(f) a vehicular tunnel or tunnels heretofore constructed, known as
[Queens Midtown] JANE MATILDA BOLIN tunnel, under the East river from
the borough of Manhattan to the borough of Queens, together with such
incidental bridges and tunnels, including but not limited to, a tunnel
or tunnels or bridge across Newtown creek from the borough of Queens to
the borough of Brooklyn and such other structures, appurtenances, facil-
ities and approaches as shall be necessary or convenient; and
(i) a vehicular tunnel or tunnels or arterial highway across the
borough of Manhattan connecting the [Queens Midtown] JANE MATILDA BOLIN
tunnel with the Lincoln (Midtown Hudson) tunnel, together with such
incidental tunnels and such other structures, appurtenances, facilities
and approaches as shall be necessary or convenient; and
(j) Bus stations or terminals or automobile parking garages at or in
the vicinity of the Columbus circle in the borough of Manhattan and of
the Manhattan plazas of the [Queens Midtown] JANE MATILDA BOLIN and Hugh
L. Carey tunnels. Any such project may, subject to zoning restrictions,
include space and facilities for any or all of the following: public
recreation, business, trade and other exhibitions, sporting and athletic
events, public meetings, conventions and all kinds of assemblages, and
in order to obtain additional revenues, space and facilities for busi-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ness and commercial purposes. Whenever the authority deems it to be in
the public interest, the authority may lease any such project or any
part or parts thereof or contract for the management and operation ther-
eof or of any part or parts thereof. Any such lease or contract may be
for a period of not exceeding ten years, or, if any of the revenues
therefrom are or are to be pledged to secure bonds then such lease or
contract may be for a period extending not later by more than one year
than the last maturity of such bonds.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 563 of the public authorities law, as
amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
follows:
3. The state of New York does pledge to and agree with the holders of
any bonds that no tunnel, bridge, parkway, causeway, street, road, high-
way or other connection for vehicular traffic, which will be competitive
with the [Queens Midtown] JANE MATILDA BOLIN tunnel or the Hugh L. Carey
tunnel or the Brooklyn Richmond tunnel or the Narrows bridge will be
constructed; provided that a tunnel, bridge, parkway, causeway, street,
road, highway or other connection for vehicular traffic shall be consid-
ered as competitive if it shall form a connection for vehicular traffic
over, under or across the East river south of Queensboro bridge, or, if
it shall form a connection for vehicular traffic between the boroughs of
Manhattan, Brooklyn or Richmond over, under or across New York bay. The
covenant herein contained restricting competitive traffic connections
with any project or projects shall be only for the benefit of the hold-
ers of bonds secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues
of such project or projects and subject to and in accordance with all
contract provisions with respect to any bonds outstanding on January
first, nineteen hundred fifty-five and the rights of the holders of such
bonds, the covenant herein contained shall not be deemed to prevent the
construction of any bridge or tunnel exclusively for railway rapid tran-
sit purposes.
§ 3. 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
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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] JANE MATILDA BOLIN
tunnel approach to Queens Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from
Queens Boulevard to the Nassau county line; a connection between Brook-
lyn-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 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.
§ 4. Terms occurring in laws, regulations, contracts and other docu-
ments. Whenever Queens Midtown tunnel or Queens-Midtown tunnel is
referred to or designated in any law, regulation, contract or document,
such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to Jane Matilda
Bolin tunnel, and no such laws, regulations, contracts or other docu-
ments shall be thereby impaired in any way.
§ 5. The New York state department of transportation, the New York
city department of transportation and the Triborough bridge and tunnel
authority shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate
signage in conformance with section one of this act within such time and
in such manner as they shall deem appropriate.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.