A 4287: Designates a portion of the state highway system in the county of Kings, the "Dr. John Flateau Memorial Highway".
The bill proposes to designate a portion of the state highway system as the "Dr. John Flateau Memorial Highway". This designation will apply to a specific section of state route twenty-seven, between flatbush avenue and albany avenue in the neighborhood of east flatbush, county of kings. The commissioner of transportation will be responsible for installing and maintaining adequate signage along this designated highway. The designation is of ceremonial nature and will not result in any changes to the official name of the highway. The bill will take effect immediately.
| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to transportation |
| Feb. 04, 2025 | referred to transportation |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4287 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- 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 "Dr. John Flateau Memorial Highway" 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 "Dr. John Flateau Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state high- 5 way system constituting state route twenty-seven, between Flatbush 6 Avenue and Albany Avenue in the neighborhood of East Flatbush, county of 7 Kings, shall be designated and known as the "Dr. John Flateau Memorial 8 Highway". 9 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 10 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 11 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 12 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 13 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 14 ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be 15 changed as a result of this act. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06603-01-5