New York A 1240: Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority

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A01240 Summary:

BILL NOA01240 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03389

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SPONSORSimon

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COSPNSRZinerman, Mitaynes, Davila, Tannousis, Cruz, Rosenthal, Kim, Reyes, Forrest

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 23 §§490 - 493, Transp L

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Establishes the Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority for the purposes of the continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along the Brooklyn-Queens expressway and other services related thereto.

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BILL NOA01240 

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01/09/2025referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

01/07/2026referred to corporations, authorities and commissions

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1240

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, ZINERMAN, MITAYNES, DAVILA, TANNOUSIS,
 CRUZ, ROSENTHAL, KIM, REYES, FORREST -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

 AN ACT to amend the transportation law, in relation to establishing the
 Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "21st Century Approach for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway".
 3 § 2. The transportation law is amended by adding a new article 23 to
 4 read as follows:
 5 ARTICLE 23
 6 BROOKLYN-QUEENS EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY
 7 Section 490. Legislative findings and intent.
 8 491. Establishment of authority.
 9 492. Powers and duties of the authority.
 10 493. Authority membership.
 11 § 490. Legislative findings and intent. Critical stretches of the
 12 Brooklyn-Queens expressway are suffering from significant deterioration
 13 and work must begin this year to fix it and ensure the viability and
 14 sustainability of the I-278 corridor through Brooklyn and provide a new
 15 twenty-first century route to meet the needs of today's travel around
 16 Brooklyn on I-278 and its connections.
 17 § 491. Establishment of authority. 1. There is hereby created the
 18 Brooklyn-Queens expressway authority (hereinafter referred to as "the
 19 authority"), which shall be a body corporate and politic, constituting a
 20 public benefit corporation. The purposes of the authority shall be the
 21 continuance, further development and improvement of transportation along
 22 the Brooklyn-Queens expressway from the Verrazano-Narrows bridge
 23 connection in Brooklyn to the Kosciuszko bridge (hereinafter referred to
 24 as "the BQE") and other improvements related thereto.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02850-01-5

 A. 1240 2

 1 2. The authority in its corporate existence shall continue until
 2 terminated by law, provided, however, that no such law shall take effect
 3 so long as the authority shall have bonds, notes and other obligations
 4 outstanding, unless adequate provision has been made for the payment
 5 thereof in the documents securing the same. Upon termination of the
 6 existence of the authority, all its rights and properties shall vest in
 7 the state.
 8 § 492. Powers and duties of the authority. 1. The authority shall
 9 study current conditions and data, develop a plan to improve such condi-
 10 tions, and implement such plan. Such plan shall address the following:
 11 (a) Deterioration of the roadway, particularly the southern extension
 12 of the BQE known as the Gowanus expressway;
 13 (b) Short-term repair, and the reconstruction or replacement of the
 14 triple cantilevered section of the BQE;
 15 (c) Potential construction of tunnel alternative to replace the Gowan-
 16 us expressway and other areas of the expressway where feasible;
 17 (d) Enforcement of truck weight limits;
 18 (e) Environmental, environmental justice and environmental sustaina-
 19 bility concerns, including but not limited to, the inclusion of trends
 20 and scientific developments in such areas as vehicle emissions, alterna-
 21 tive fuels, including electric vehicles, developments in tran