Senate Bill S10342

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10342
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee 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 to the Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan  Zee
   bridge

   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] LIEUTENANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", includ-
 ing a highway connection between "The [Governor Mario M. Cuomo] LIEUTEN-
 ANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY TAPPAN ZEE Bridge" and the New England section  of
 the  thruway presently known as interstate route two hundred eighty-sev-
 en, thence in a general westerly direction 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.
   § 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
 tidal waters within the state, including the  Hudson  River  up  to  the
 [Governor  Mario  M.  Cuomo]  LIEUTENANT  MICHAEL  P.  MURPHY TAPPAN ZEE
 bridge.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15510-01-6
              

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   § 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] LIEUTENANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY TAPPAN ZEE bridge and the feder-
 al 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]
 LIEUTENANT  MICHAEL P. MURPHY 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] LIEUTENANT MICHAEL P. MURPHY TAPPAN ZEE Bridge", thence
 in a general westerly direction 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 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.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.