New York S 5172: Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge

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S05172 Summary:

BILL NOS05172 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, PALUMBO, RIVERA, WALCZYK, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §356, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-0103 & 13-0307, En Con L; amd §§342-ww & 349-a, Hway L

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Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system.

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BILL NOS05172 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5172

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, BORRELLO, PALUMBO, RIVERA, WALCZYK, WEBER
 -- 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 the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law,
 2 as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
 5 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
 6 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
 7 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
 8 Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge", including a highway connection
 9 between "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge" and the New
 10 England section of the thruway presently known as interstate route two
 11 hundred eighty-seven, thence in a general westerly direction to inter-
 12 sect with existing route number seventeen or to a connection with that
 13 route, including a thruway connection from that portion of the section
 14 west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to a point to be deter-
 15 mined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
 16 § 2. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 17 by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 18 read as follows:
 19 § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
 20 The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
 21 tic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
 22 tidal waters within the state, including the Hudson River up to the
 23 Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08911-01-5

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 1 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva-
 2 tion law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of
 3 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
 5 in the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor Mario
 6 M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the
 7 sanitary condition thereof in accordance with regulations promulgated
 8 pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
 9 § 4. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by section 9 of
 10 part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
 11 § 342-ww. Portion of the New York state thruway to be designated as
 12 the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the New
 13 York state thruway in the county of Rockland constituting interstate
 14 route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo
 15 Tappan Zee Bridge" shall be designated and known as the "Jewish War
 16 Veterans Memorial Highway".
 17 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by
 18 section 10 of part M of chapter 61 of the l