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Home/Bills/S 1489New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 1489: Designates a portion of state route one hundred fifty-nine in the town of Rotterdam, county of Schenectady, as the "John M. Grassia III Memorial Bridge".

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified May 12, 2025

What S 1489 does, verified May 12, 2025

The bill proposes to designate a portion of the state highway system as the "John M. Grassia III Memorial Bridge". The bridge, located in Rotterdam, New York, spans the intersection of Kellar Avenue and South Thompson Street. The designation is of ceremonial nature and does not affect the official name of the bridge. The New York State Department of Transportation is responsible for providing adequate signage for the designated bridge. The changes take effect immediately.

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Last action: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN (2025-05-12)Alert me
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May. 12, 2025RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
Jan. 10, 2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 10, 2025 · 277 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1489 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 "John M. Grassia III 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 "John M. Grassia III Memorial Bridge". The bridge on state route one 5 hundred fifty-nine between Kellar Avenue and South Thompson Street in 6 the town of Rotterdam, county of Schenectady, shall be designated and 7 known as the "John M. Grassia III 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. LBD04233-01-5 
Text of S 1489 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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