NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8237B
SPONSOR: Slater TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Westchester Purple
Heart Recipients
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 designates the boundaries of the state highway system to be
dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients
Section 2 outlines how the commissioner of transportation and munici-
palities shall work in tandem for the placement of necessary designation
signage and clarifies that the name change is ceremonial in nature not
requiring maps, surveys, or routes to. adapt.
Section 3: states the effective date
JUSTIFICATION:
There are several cornerstones of America ingrained into what and who we
are; chief amongst them are our veterans and highways. Millions of New
Yorkers everyday commute and travel on an intricate system of highways,
which were largely constructed as part of the New Deal during the Great
Depression. While the labor and engineering to establish our everyday
transportation network is owed to the Greatest Generation of Americans,
it would all be for naught without the veterans who fought for this
nation to be freed and kept free. This legislation showcases the incred-
ible sacrifices that Purple Heart veterans endured for America in a
place and manner that millions will engage with and appreciate.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024: S9301A - Passed Senate
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
TBD
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8237--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Transportation -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 342-aaa
2 to read as follows:
3 § 342-aaa. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to
4 Westchester Purple Heart Recipients. All that portion of the state high-
5 way system constituting state route thirty-five beginning at its inter-
6 section with United States route two hundred two, continuing in a gener-
7 ally easterly direction, and terminating at its intersection with state
8 route one hundred in the town of Somers, county of Westchester, shall be
9 dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart Recipients.
10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
12 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act; provided that such
13 signing shall state "Highway Dedicated to Westchester Purple Heart
14 Recipients". However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible
15 disruption of commerce, the dedication called for pursuant to section
16 one of this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name
17 of such highway shall not be changed as a result of this act.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06466-05-5
