New York S 5585: Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the POW-MIA Memorial Highway

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S05585 Summary:

BILL NOS05585 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§340-a, 343-a & 349-f, Hway L; amd §11-243, NYC Ad Cd

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Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".

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BILL NOS05585 

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02/25/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

06/10/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/10/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1749

06/10/2025PASSED SENATE

06/10/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/10/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

02/10/2026REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

06/01/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/01/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1460

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5585

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 25, 2025
 ___________

 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:

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official
 2 name of all that portion of the state highway system located in Richmond
 3 county constituting route 440 from Outerbridge Crossing to route 278
 4 (West Shore Expressway) and route 278 from the Goethals bridge to the
 5 Verrazano-Narrows bridge (Staten Island Expressway) shall be the
 6 "POW-MIA Memorial Highway", as such highway is designated in section
 7 343-h of the highway law.
 8 § 2. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of
 9 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of the laws
 10 of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 11 Interstate Route Connection 512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA
 12 Memorial Highway from Goethals bridge approach to Verrazzano-Narrows
 13 bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from Verrazzano-Narrows
 14 bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand Central parkway from
 15 Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major
 16 Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to the West-
 17 chester county line connecting with interstate route 502.
 18 § 3. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the
 19 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 20 § 343-a. Portion of state highway system in the county of Richmond to
 21 be designated as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". All that
 22 portion of the state highway system in the county of Richmond constitut-
 23 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.
 LBD09683-01-5

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 1 al Highway to Outerbridge Crossing Approach shall be designated and
 2 known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway".
 3 § 4. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of
 4 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main
 6 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.:
 7 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner
 8 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F.
 9 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester
 10 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway
 11 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson
 12 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the
 13 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this