S 5172: Renames the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge; directs the commissioner of transportation to provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5172 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, BORRELLO, PALUMBO, RIVERA, WALCZYK, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the environmental conserva- tion law and the highway law, in relation to renaming the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 356 of the public authorities law, 2 as amended by section 6 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern 5 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general 6 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point 7 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor 8 Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge", including a highway connection 9 between "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge" and the New 10 England section of the thruway presently known as interstate route two 11 hundred eighty-seven, thence in a general westerly direction to inter- 12 sect with existing route number seventeen or to a connection with that 13 route, including a thruway connection from that portion of the section 14 west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to a point to be deter- 15 mined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey boundary line. 16 § 2. Section 13-0103 of the environmental conservation law, as amended 17 by section 7 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 18 read as follows: 19 § 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described. 20 The marine and coastal district shall include the waters of the Atlan- 21 tic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line and all other 22 tidal waters within the state, including the Hudson River up to the 23 Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08911-01-5 
 S. 5172 2 1 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 13-0307 of the environmental conserva- 2 tion law, as amended by section 8 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 3 2017, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. The department periodically shall examine all shellfish lands with- 5 in the marine district and the Hudson River between the Governor Mario 6 M. Cuomo Tappan Zee bridge and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the 7 sanitary condition thereof in accordance with regulations promulgated 8 pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title. 9 § 4. Section 342-ww of the highway law, as amended by section 9 of 10 part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 11 § 342-ww. Portion of the New York state thruway to be designated as 12 the "Jewish War Veterans Memorial Highway". All that portion of the New 13 York state thruway in the county of Rockland constituting interstate 14 route 287 from the New Jersey border to "The Governor Mario M. Cuomo 15 Tappan Zee Bridge" shall be designated and known as the "Jewish War 16 Veterans Memorial Highway". 17 § 5. Subdivision 2 of section 349-a of the highway law, as amended by 18 section 10 of part M of chapter 61 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 19 read as follows: 20 2. The Hudson section. Beginning at the northerly end of the southern 21 Westchester connection at or near Tuckahoe road, thence in a general 22 northerly and westerly direction crossing the Hudson river at a point 23 south of Highland Falls, which crossing shall be known as "The Governor 24 Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge", thence in a general westerly direc- 25 tion to intersect with existing route number seventeen or to a 26 connection with that route, including a thruway connection from that 27 portion of the section west of the Hudson river, generally southerly to 28 a point to be determined by the authority on the New York-New Jersey 29 boundary line. 30 § 6. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 31 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 32 as designated pursuant to this act. 33 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.