Add §13.04, Pks & Rec L; add §344-g, amd §§349-a & 342-ww, Hway L; amd §356, Pub Auth L; amd §§13-0103 &
13-0307, En Con L
Relates to renaming or designating certain state parks, sites, highways and bridges; authorizes the renaming or designation of certain state parks, sites, highways and bridges in honor of Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr., Senator William J. Larkin, Jr., and Governor Mario M. Cuomo.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6827
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 21, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law, in
relation to renaming Riverbank state park; to authorize the renaming
of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor; to authorize the renaming
of, in whole or in part, the New Windsor Cantonment state historic
site; to amend the highway law, in relation to designating certain
portions of the state highway system as the "Senator William J.
Larkin, Jr. Highway"; and to amend the public authorities law, envi-
ronmental conservation law and the highway law, in relation to naming
the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The parks, recreation and historic preservation law is
2 amended by adding a new section 13.04 to read as follows:
3 § 13.04 Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. state park. Notwithstand-
4 ing any other law to the contrary, the state park known as Riverbank
5 state park located on the upper west side of Manhattan on the banks of
6 the Hudson river shall after the effective date of this section be known
7 as Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr. state park and shall be suitably
8 marked in a manner to be prescribed by the commissioner.
9 § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner
10 of the New York state office of parks, recreation and historic preserva-
11 tion is authorized to take all steps necessary to obtain the authori-
12 zation of the Palisades Interstate park commission to rename the
13 National Purple Heart Hall of Honor located in the town of New Windsor
14 to the Senator William J. Larkin, Jr. National Purple Heart Hall of
15 Honor.
16 § 3. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner
17 of the New York state office of parks, recreation and historic preserva-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tion is authorized to take all steps necessary to obtain the authori-
2 zation of the Palisades Interstate park commission to rename the New
3 Windsor Cantonment state historic site located in the town of New Wind-
4 sor, in whole or in part, in honor of Senator William J. Larkin, Jr.
5 § 4. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-g to read
6 as follows:
7 § 344-g. Portion of state highway system to be designated as the
8 "Senator William J. Larkin, Jr. Highway". A portion of state route three
9 hundred, beginning at the intersection of state route three hundred,
10 state route thirty-two and state route ninety-four in New Windsor and
11 ending at the intersection of state route three hundred and state route
12 two hundred seven in New Windsor shall be designated and known as the
13 "Senator William J. Larkin, Jr. Highway".
14 § 5. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
15 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
16 as designated pursuant to section four of this act. However, to avoid
17 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig-
18 nations called for pursuant to section four of this act shall be one of
19 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be
20 changed as a result of this act.
21 § 6. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law, as
22 amended by chapter 530 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
23 follows:
24 2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
25 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
26 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
27 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
28 [Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee] Mario M. Cuomo Bridge", including a highway
29 connection between "The Governor [Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee] Mario M.
30 Cuomo Bridge" and the New England section of the thruway presently known
31 as interstate route two hundred eighty-seven, thence in a general
32 westerly direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or
33 to a connection with that route, including a thruway connection from
34 that portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally souther-
35 ly to a point to be determined by the authority on the New York-New
36 Jersey boundary line.
37 § 7. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
38 by chapter 530 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
39 § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
40 The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan-
41 tic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other
42 tidal waters within the state, including the Hudson River up to the
43 Governor [Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee] Mario M. Cuomo bridge.
44 § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva-
45 tion law, as amended by chapter 327 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
46 read as follows:
47 1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with-
48 in the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor
49 [Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee] Mario M. Cuomo bridge and the federal dam at
50 Troy to ascertain the sanitary condition thereof in accordance with
51 regulations promulgated pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
52 § 9. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as added by chapter 245 of the
53 laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
54 § 342-ww. Portion of the New York state thruway to be designated as
55 the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the New
56 York state thruway in the county of Rockland constituting interstate
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1 route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor [Malcolm Wilson
2 Tappan Zee] Mario M. Cuomo Bridge" shall be designated and known as the
3 "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway".
4 § 10. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by
5 chapter 530 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
6 2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern
7 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general
8 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point
9 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor
10 [Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee] Mario M. Cuomo Bridge", thence in a general
11 westerly direction to intersect with existing route number seventeen or
12 to a connection with that route, including a thruway connection from
13 that portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally souther-
14 ly to a point to be determined by the authority on the New York-New
15 Jersey boundary line.
16 § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.
