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                                   4187
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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. Paragraphs 1 and 35 of subdivision a  of  section  3-202  of  the
 administrative  code of the city of New York, paragraph 35 as amended by
 chapter 288 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   1. First District
   That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line  described
 as follows:
   BEGINNING  at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge,  proceeding  south-
 east,  to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten
 Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue,  to  Fahy
 Avenue,  to  Arlene  Street,  to  Lander  Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to
 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue  Road,  to  Victory
 Boulevard,  to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich-
 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding  north
 on  Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu-
 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to  waters  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean;  thence
 southerly  and  westerly  through  waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan
 Bay, to the waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New
 York Line, proceeding northerly and including  Island  of  Meadows,  and
 Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning.
   35. Thirty-fifth District
   That  part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
 as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines  of
 New  Jersey,  and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south-
 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to  [Staten
 Island  Expressway]  POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy
 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to  Lander  Avenue,  to  Richmond  Avenue,  to
 Victory  Boulevard,  to  Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory
 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to  Rich-
 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
 to  Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north
 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to  Steu-
 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly
 and  westerly  through  the  Narrows,  through the Kill Van Kull Waters,
 including the entire part of the City of New  York  known  as  Snooter's
 Island,  to  the  waters  of  the  Arthur Kill, to the point or place of
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 beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the
 Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
 Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue,  extended  to  Harway  Avenue,  to
 Stillwell  Avenue,  to  Avenue  U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to
 West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway,  to  Seventy-sev-
 enth  Street,  to  Twentieth  Avenue,  to  Benson  Avenue, to Eighteenth
 Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to  Shore  Parkway,
 to  Shore  Road  extension,  to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to
 Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery  Avenue,  thence  northerly
 and  westerly  along the border of the United States Government reserva-
 tion known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus  Expressway,  to  Fort  Hamilton
 Parkway,  to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in the
 waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough  line,  thence  projected
 into  the  waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and parallel to
 the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge thence southerly and easterly to the point
 or place of beginning.
   § 6. 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.
   § 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 section one of this act.
   § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.