New York S 10342: Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee bridge

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S10342 Summary:

BILL NOS10342 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11506

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSR

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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 Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee Bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signage of the state highway system.

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BILL NOS10342 

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05/14/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10342

 IN SENATE

 May 14, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- 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 to the Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy 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] Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee Bridge", includ-
 9 ing a highway connection between "The [Governor Mario M. Cuomo] Lieuten-
 10 ant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee Bridge" and the New England section of
 11 the thruway presently known as interstate route two hundred eighty-sev-
 12 en, thence in a general westerly direction to intersect with existing
 13 route number seventeen or to a connection with that route, including a
 14 thruway connection from that portion of the section west of the Hudson
 15 river, generally southerly to a point to be determined by the authority
 16 on the New York-New Jersey boundary line.
 17 § 2. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 18 by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to
 19 read as follows:
 20 § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
 21 The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
 22 tic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
 23 tidal waters within the state, including the Hudson River up to the
 24 [Governor Mario M. Cuomo] Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee
 25 bridge.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15510-01-6

 S. 10342 2

 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] Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee bridge and the feder-
 7 al dam at Troy to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof in accordance
 8 with regulations promulgated 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 Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Tappan Zee Bridge" shall be designated and
 16 known as the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway".
 17 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by
 18 section 10 of pa