Senate Bill S4187

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the POW-MIA Memorial Highway

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4187 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4730
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§340-a, 343-a & 349-f, Hway L; amd §§3-202 & 11-243, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4971, A3745
2015-2016: S2681, A4377
2017-2018: S4629, A6209
2019-2020: S3856, A4911
2021-2022: S4915, A5757

2023-S4187 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".

2023-S4187 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4187 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   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.
                                                            LBD08475-01-3
              

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