New York A 4788: Creates a New York state route 878, Nassau Expressway study

Status: REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 4788

Sponsors: Eric Brown, Doug Smith, Edward Ra, Michael J. Fitzpatrick

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A04788 Summary:

BILL NOA04788 

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SAME ASSAME AS S06586

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SPONSORBrown E

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COSPNSRFitzpatrick, Smith, Ra

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Creates a New York state route 878, Nassau Expressway study to evaluate the costs of completing the construction of state route 878 in Nassau and Queens counties; makes related provisions.

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BILL NOA04788 

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02/06/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4788

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN, FITZPATRICK, SMITH, RA -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to a New York state
 route 878, Nassau Expressway study; and providing for the repeal of
 such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The transportation law is amended by adding a new section
 2 23 to read as follows:
 3 § 23. New York state route 878, Nassau Expressway study. 1. The
 4 department, in consultation with the department of motor vehicles, the
 5 New York city department of transportation, the governor's traffic safe-
 6 ty committee, local police agencies, the local senate and assembly
 7 representatives, local transportation entities in Nassau and Queens
 8 counties, local government stakeholders, and any other agency or group
 9 the department deems necessary to enlist the aid of, shall conduct a
 10 study to evaluate the costs of completing the construction of state
 11 route 878 in Nassau and Queens counties. Such study shall include, but
 12 not be limited to, study and evaluation of the original plans from
 13 circa nineteen hundred forty and studies of New York city arterial coor-
 14 dinator Robert Moses, the nineteen hundred fifty-nine department of
 15 transportation Nassau County Master Plan, the two thousand twelve
 16 department of transportation scoping report of the Southeast Queens
 17 Transportation Study, design and safety of the configuration and signage
 18 of entrance and exit ramps; the estimated total cost of the project; the
 19 estimated duration of the project; the impact construction will have on
 20 local traffic patterns; and federal funding available for highway safety
 21 improvement projects. The department is authorized to conduct any hear-
 22 ings it deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
 23 2. The commissioner shall issue a report to the governor, the members
 24 of the assembly and senate representing districts in Nassau and Queens

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03369-01-5

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 1 counties, the Nassau county executive, the Queens borough president, and
 2 the Nassau county legislature with detailed recommendations and findings
 3 within one year of the effective date of this section.
 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 5 deemed repealed one year and six months after such effective date.

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