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Senate Bill S7002

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Designates a portion of the state highway system as the "General Colin Powell Thruway"

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2025-S7002 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1575
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Highway Law
Laws Affected:
Add §344-r, Hway L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A8498
2023-2024: A5149

2025-S7002 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Designates a portion of interstate eighty-seven as the "General Colin Powell Thruway".

2025-S7002 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7002 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7002
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
   the state highway system as the "General Colin Powell Thruway"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-r to
 read as follows:
   § 344-R. PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM TO BE DESIGNATED  AS  THE
 "GENERAL  COLIN  POWELL  THRUWAY". ALL THAT PORTION OF THE STATE HIGHWAY
 SYSTEM CONSTITUTING INTERSTATE ROUTE EIGHTY-SEVEN, BEGINNING IN THE CITY
 OF YONKERS, COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, AND CONTINUING NORTH UNTIL IT CROSSES
 STATE ROUTE TWENTY IN THE TOWN OF GUILDERLAND, COUNTY OF  ALBANY,  SHALL
 BE DESIGNATED AND KNOWN AS THE "GENERAL COLIN POWELL THRUWAY".
   §  2. 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. However, to avoid
 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce,  the  desig-
 nation  called  for  pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
 ceremonial nature and the official name of such  highway  shall  not  be
 changed as a result of this act.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03066-01-5

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