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Home/Bills/A 261New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 261: Dedicates a portion of the state highway system in the town of Woodbury, county of Orange, to Detective Brian C. Mulkeen.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 261 does, verified January 8, 2026

The bill dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Detective Brian C. Mulkeen. A bridge on state route six, crossing state route thirty-two, in the town of woodbury, county of orange, is specifically designated for this purpose. The commissioner of transportation is required to install and maintain adequate signage on the dedicated highway, indicating that it is dedicated to Detective Mulkeen. The signage will state "highway dedicated to detective brian c mulkeen" to avoid confusion and minimize disruption to commerce. The dedication is of ceremonial nature, and the official name of the bridge will not be changed as a result of this act.

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Last action: referred to transportation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Recent actions6 total · showing 5
Jan. 07, 2026referred to transportation
Jun. 09, 2025print number 261b
Jun. 09, 2025amend and recommit to transportation
May. 28, 2025print number 261a
May. 28, 2025amend (t) and recommit to transportation
Full action history, 1 earlier actionConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 268 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 261 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Detective Brian C. Mulkeen Memorial Bridge" 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 344-r to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-r. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Detective Brian C. Mulkeen Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state route 5 six, crossing state route thirty-two, in the town of Woodbury, county of 6 Orange, shall be designated and known as the "Detective Brian C. Mulkeen 7 Memorial Bridge". 8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 10 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 11 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 12 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 13 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be 14 changed as a result of this act. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00039-01-5 
Text of A 261 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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