S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5585
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 25, 2025
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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. 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.
§ 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 section one of this act.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
