Bill Text: NY A04377 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to transportation [A04377 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A04377-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4377 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation AN ACT to amend the state law, the highway law and the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to renaming the Staten Island Expressway the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the official 2 name of all that portion of the state highway system located in Richmond 3 county constituting route 440 from Outerbridge Crossing to route 278 4 (West Shore Expressway) and route 278 from the Goethals bridge to the 5 Verrazano-Narrows bridge (Staten Island Expressway) shall be the 6 "POW-MIA Memorial Highway", as such highway is designated in section 7 343-h of the highway law. 8 S 2. Subdivisions 63 and 64 of section 121 of the state law, as added 9 by chapter 16 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows: 10 63. Sixty-third district. In the county of Richmond, that part of the 11 borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described as follows: Begin- 12 ning at the point where the New York/New Jersey border intersects with a 13 line extended northwesterly from Harbor Road, thence southeasterly along 14 said line to Harbor Road, thence southerly along said road to Forest 15 Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Summerfield Place, thence 16 southerly along said place to Francesca Lane, thence southerly along 17 said lane to Ludwig Lane, thence easterly along said lane to a line 18 extended westerly from Baron Hirch Cemetery Pathway, thence easterly 19 along said line to said pathway, thence southeasterly along said pathway 20 to Richmond Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to the 21 [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, thence southeaster- 22 ly along said [expressway] HIGHWAY to Victory Boulevard, thence 23 northeasterly along said boulevard to Woolley Avenue, thence northerly 24 along said avenue to Delmore Street, thence easterly along said street a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01642-01-5 A. 4377 2 1 line extended westerly from Livermore Avenue, thence easterly along said 2 line extended to Livermore Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to 3 Waters Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Woolley Avenue, 4 thence northerly along said avenue to Leonard Avenue, thence easterly 5 along said avenue to Livermore Avenue, thence northerly along said 6 avenue to Lathrop Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Dickie 7 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to College Avenue, thence 8 easterly along said avenue to Wardwell Avenue, thence southerly along 9 said avenue to The Blvd, thence southeasterly along said boulevard to 10 Jewett Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Constant Avenue, 11 thence easterly along said avenue to Virginia Place, thence northerly 12 along said place to Maine Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 13 Ohio Place, thence northerly along said place to College Avenue, thence 14 westerly along said avenue to Brookside Avenue, thence southeasterly 15 along said avenue to Martling Avenue, thence northeasterly along said 16 avenue to Clove Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Bard 17 Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Croton Avenue, thence 18 easterly along said avenue to the border of Silver Lake Golf Course, 19 thence northeasterly along said border to Lakewood Road, thence norther- 20 ly along said road to Revere Street, thence northeasterly along said 21 street to University Place, thence northerly along said place to a point 22 on a line extended westerly from Greenwood Avenue, thence easterly along 23 said line to Greenwood Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to 24 Forrest Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Victory Boulevard, 25 thence southwesterly along said boulevard to Theresa Place, thence east- 26 erly along said place to Duncan Road, thence southerly along said road 27 to Greta Place, thence easterly along said place to Howard Avenue, 28 thence southerly along said avenue to Arlo Road, thence southwesterly 29 along said road to Highland Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue 30 to Howard Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Signal Hill 31 Road on Wagner College Campus, thence southeasterly along said road to a 32 point where it meets a line extended northwesterly from Cedar Terrace to 33 Signal Hill Road, thence southeasterly along said line to said terrace, 34 thence southeasterly along said terrace to Longview Road, thence south- 35 easterly along said road to a line extended northeasterly from Concord 36 Place, thence southwesterly along said line to Concord Place, thence 37 southeasterly along said place to Richmond Road, thence southerly along 38 said road to Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 39 Rhine Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Pierce Street, 40 thence southeasterly along said street to Targee Street, thence south- 41 westerly along said street to Interstate 278, thence northwesterly along 42 said expressway to Richmond Road, thence southwesterly along said road 43 to Clove Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Targee Street, 44 thence southwesterly along said street to Baltic Avenue, thence south- 45 easterly along said avenue to a line extended northwesterly from West 46 Fingerboard Road between Stonegate Drive and North Railroad Avenue, 47 thence southeasterly along said line extended to West Fingerboard Road, 48 thence southwesterly along said road to Targee Street, thence northerly 49 along said street to Columbus Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue 50 to Richmond Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Old Town Road, 51 thence southeasterly along said road to Savin Court, thence southwester- 52 ly along said court to Whitaker Place, thence southeasterly along said 53 place to Wilson Street, thence southwesterly along said street to 54 Newberry Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Remsen 55 Street, thence southwesterly along said street to Burgher Avenue, thence 56 northwesterly along said avenue to Bear Street, thence southwesterly A. 4377 3 1 along said street to Alter Avenue, thence northwesterly along said 2 avenue to Jefferson Street, thence southwesterly along said street to 3 Seaver Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Richmond Road, 4 thence northeasterly along said road to Four Corners Road, thence 5 westerly along said road to Romer Road, thence northerly along said road 6 to Saint George Drive, thence northwesterly along said drive to Benedict 7 Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Saint James Place, thence 8 southwesterly along said place to Buttonwood Road, thence northwesterly 9 along said road to Circle Road, thence southwesterly along said road to 10 Todt Hill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Ocean Terrace, 11 thence westerly along said terrace to Manor Road, thence southerly along 12 said road to Portage Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to 13 Fanning Street, thence southerly along said street to Manor Road, thence 14 southwesterly along said road to a line extended northwesterly from 15 Sloane Avenue, thence southeasterly along said line to Sloane Avenue, 16 thence southeasterly along said avenue to Nevada Avenue, thence south- 17 easterly along said avenue to Rockland Avenue, thence southeasterly 18 along said avenue to Saint George Road, thence southwesterly along said 19 road to Lawn Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Nugent 20 Street, thence southwesterly along said street to a line extended east- 21 erly from Nugent Street, thence westerly along said line to Nugent 22 Street, thence westerly along said street to a line extended easterly 23 from Lighthouse Avenue, thence westerly along said line to Lighthouse 24 Avenue, thence westerly to a line extended easterly from the end of 25 Manor Court, thence westerly along said line to Manor Court, thence 26 westerly along said court to a footpath extended southerly from Edinboro 27 Road to Manor Court, thence westerly along said road through the north- 28 erly side of the traffic circle to Richmond Hill Road, thence southeast- 29 erly along said road to Arthur Kill Road, thence southwesterly along 30 said road to Revere Lane, thence northwesterly along said lane to Frank- 31 lin Lane, thence northerly along said lane to a line extended southwes- 32 terly from the Richmond Creek to said lane, thence northeasterly along 33 said line to said creek, thence southwesterly along said creek to a 34 point where it meets a line extended northeasterly from the intersection 35 of Arthur Kill Road and Ridgewood Avenue, thence southwesterly along 36 said line to Arthur Kill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to 37 Ladd Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Crossfield Avenue, 38 thence northerly along said avenue to Token Street, thence westerly 39 along said street to Futurity Place, thence northerly along said place 40 to Arthur Kill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Annadale 41 Road, thence southerly along said road to Drumgoole Road, thence south- 42 westerly along said road to Smyrna Avenue, thence westerly along said 43 avenue to Woehrle Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Grant- 44 wood Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Woodrow Road, 45 thence southwesterly along said road to Regina Lane, thence northwester- 46 ly along said lane to Halpin Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue 47 to Legate Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Carlton 48 Boulevard, thence southeasterly along said boulevard to Halpin Avenue, 49 thence southwesterly along said avenue to Arden Avenue, thence south- 50 easterly along said avenue to Woodrow Road, thence southwesterly along 51 said road to Almond Street, thence northeasterly along said street to 52 Vespa Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Arden Avenue, 53 thence northwesterly along said avenue to a line extended northeasterly 54 from Geyser Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to Geyser Drive, 55 thence westerly along said drive to Russek Drive, thence southerly along 56 said drive to Avon Green, thence westerly along said green to Huguenot A. 4377 4 1 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Arthur Kill Road, thence 2 westerly along said road to a line extending southerly from the Arthur 3 Kill shoreline to Saint Lukes Avenue, thence northerly along said line 4 to said shoreline, thence northeasterly along said shoreline to a line 5 extended easterly from the New York/New Jersey state border to an inlet, 6 thence westerly along said line to said border, thence northeasterly 7 along said border to a line extended northwesterly from the end of 8 Harbor Road, the point and place of beginning. 9 64. Sixty-fourth district. In the county of Kings, that part of the 10 borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at 11 a point on the Kings County/New Jersey State Line to a line extended 12 northwesterly from the northern right-of-way of the Belt Parkway, thence 13 southeasterly along said line extended to a point at the end of Colonial 14 Road at Wakeman Place, thence southwesterly along said road to 68th 15 Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Ridge Boulevard, 16 thence southwesterly along said boulevard to 71st Street, thence south- 17 easterly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence southwesterly along 18 said avenue to 72nd Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 19 Ridge Court, thence northeasterly along said court until its end, thence 20 to a line extended southwesterly from Ovington Avenue to the end of said 21 court, thence northeasterly along said line extended to Ovington Avenue, 22 thence southeasterly along said avenue to 4th Avenue, thence northeast- 23 erly along said avenue to 69th Street, thence southeasterly along said 24 street to 6th Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Erik Place, 25 thence southeasterly on said place to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along 26 said avenue to a line extended from the northern end of Stewart Avenue 27 northeasterly to 7th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said line 28 extended to the northern end of Stewart Avenue, thence southwesterly 29 along said avenue to Ovington Avenue, thence southeasterly along said 30 avenue to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 79th street, 31 thence westerly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence northerly along 32 said avenue to 78th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to 33 Ridge Boulevard, thence southwesterly along said boulevard to 80th 34 Street, thence northwesterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence 35 southwesterly along said road to 81st Street, thence northwesterly along 36 said street to Narrows Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 37 83rd Street, thence westerly along said street to Shore Road, thence 38 southwesterly along said road to the intersection of Belt Parkway and 39 Interstate 278, thence southwesterly along said interstate to the Verra- 40 zano-Narrows Bridge, thence southwesterly along said bridge to the 41 Kings/Richmond county line, thence northerly along said line to the 42 Kings County/New Jersey State line, the point and place of beginning; 43 Furthermore, in the county of Richmond, that part of the borough of 44 Staten Island bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at a 45 point where the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge meets the Kings/Richmond county 46 line, thence southerly along the Richmond county line to a point where 47 said line meets the New York/New Jersey State border, thence southwes- 48 terly along said border, thence to a point intersecting a line extended 49 southeasterly from Armstrong Avenue, thence northwesterly along said 50 line to the intersection of said line and a line extended southerly from 51 Point Street, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with 52 a line extended southeasterly from the end of Robinson Avenue, thence 53 northwesterly along said line to Thornycroft Avenue, thence northwester- 54 ly along said avenue to Tennyson Drive, thence northeasterly along said 55 drive to Littlefield Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to 56 Hylan Boulevard, thence northeasterly along said boulevard to Pacific A. 4377 5 1 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Sycamore Street, 2 thence southwesterly along said street to Thornycroft Avenue, thence 3 northwesterly along said avenue to Oakdale Street, thence southwesterly 4 along said street to Winchester Avenue, thence northwesterly along said 5 avenue to Old Amboy Road, thence westerly along said road to Amboy Road, 6 thence southwesterly along said road to Richmond Avenue, thence 7 northwesterly along said avenue to Wilson Avenue, thence northeasterly 8 along said avenue to Eltingville Boulevard, thence northerly along said 9 boulevard to Lamoka Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to 10 Baltimore Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Giffords 11 Lane, thence southerly along said lane to Staten Island Railroad, thence 12 northeasterly along said railroad to Amboy Road, thence southwesterly 13 along said road to South Railroad Avenue, thence northeasterly along 14 said avenue to Emmet Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 15 South Railroad Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Jeffer- 16 son Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to North Railroad 17 Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Jefferson Street, 18 thence northeasterly along said street to Alter Avenue, thence south- 19 easterly along said avenue to Bear Street, thence northeasterly along 20 said street to Burgher Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 21 Remsen Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Newberry 22 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Wilson Street, thence 23 northeasterly along said street to Whitaker Place, thence northwesterly 24 along said place to Savin Court, thence northeasterly along said court 25 to Old Town Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Richmond Road, 26 thence northerly along said road to Columbus Avenue, thence easterly 27 along said avenue to Targee Street, thence southerly along said street 28 to West Fingerboard Road, thence northeasterly along said road to a 29 point where a line extended southeasterly from the end of Baltic Avenue 30 meets a point on said road between Stonegate Drive and North Railroad 31 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said line extended to Baltic Avenue, 32 thence northwesterly along said avenue to Targee Street, thence 33 northeasterly along said street to Clove Road, thence northwesterly 34 along said road to Richmond Road, thence northeasterly along said road 35 to the [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, thence 36 southeasterly along said [expressway] HIGHWAY to Targee Street, thence 37 northeasterly along said street to Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly 38 along said street to Narrows Road, thence southeasterly along said road 39 to Mosel Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Mosel Loop, 40 thence northeasterly along said loop to Mosel Avenue, thence northeast- 41 erly along said avenue to Steuben Street, thence southeasterly along 42 said street to a line extended northwesterly from Staten Island Rail- 43 road, thence southeasterly along said line extended to railroad tracks, 44 thence northeasterly along said tracks to White Plains Avenue to a line 45 extended southeasterly from where Osgood Avenue and Mosel Avenue meet, 46 thence northwesterly along a line extended to Osgood Avenue, thence 47 northwesterly along said avenue to Greenfield Avenue, thence northeast- 48 erly along said avenue to Tompkins Avenue, thence southeasterly along 49 said avenue to the railroad tracks, thence northeasterly along said 50 tracks to a line extended northeasterly from Langere Place, thence 51 southwesterly along said line extended to Langere Place, thence south- 52 westerly along said place to Lynhurst Avenue, thence northeasterly along 53 said avenue to Bay Street, thence northwesterly along said street to 54 Willow Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Edgewater 55 Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Clifton Avenue to a 56 line extended southwesterly from the Richmond/Kings county line, thence A. 4377 6 1 northeasterly along said line extended to the Richmond county line, 2 thence southeasterly along said county line to the Verrazano-Narrows 3 Bridge, the point and place of beginning. 4 S 3. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of 5 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws 6 of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 7 Interstate Route Connection 512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA 8 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY from Goethals bridge approach to Verrazano-Narrows 9 bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from Verrazano-Narrows 10 bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand Central parkway from 11 Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major 12 Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to the West- 13 chester county line connecting with interstate route 502. 14 S 4. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the 15 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 16 S 343-a. Portion of state highway system in the county of Richmond to 17 be designated as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". All that 18 portion of the state highway system in the county of Richmond constitut- 19 ing the Richmond Parkway from [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORI- 20 AL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge Crossing Approach shall be designated and 21 known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". 22 S 5. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of 23 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: 24 S 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main 25 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.: 26 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner 27 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F. 28 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester 29 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway 30 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson 31 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the 32 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West 33 Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed 34 or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped 35 or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no 36 more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth 37 street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction 38 or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full 39 restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F. 40 Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line 41 together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan 42 college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge 43 approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner 44 expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from 45 Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from 46 Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkway 47 from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx 48 and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry 49 Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey 50 tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from 51 the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem 52 river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington 53 bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue 54 and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway, 55 Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L. 56 Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from A. 4377 7 1 Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway 2 from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway 3 from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect 4 expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central 5 Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the Verrazano-Narrows 6 bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus 7 expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh 8 L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach to 9 Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway, 10 including a connection to Grand Central parkway, to John F. Kennedy 11 international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from Queens boulevard to 12 Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross Bay parkway from 13 Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front 14 parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the shore line of the 15 Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau county line; 16 Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel approach to Queens 17 Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau 18 county line; a connection between Brooklyn-Queens expressway and North- 19 ern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand Central parkway; Grand Central 20 parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to Nassau county line; 21 Whitestone expressway from Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach to Van Wyck 22 expressway and continuing to Grand Central parkway; Clearview expressway 23 from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau expressway; Richmond parkway from 24 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge 25 crossing approach; [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY 26 from Goethals bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows bridge with a connection 27 to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from [Staten Island expressway] 28 POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from 29 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge 30 crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore 31 expressway at [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, 32 thence generally along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, 33 Lower New York bay and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge cross- 34 ing. 35 S 6. Paragraphs 1 and 35 of subdivision a of section 3-202 of the 36 administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as 37 follows: 38 1. First District 39 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described 40 as follows: 41 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of 42 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south- 43 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten 44 Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy 45 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to 46 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory 47 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich- 48 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, 49 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north 50 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu- 51 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to 52 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence 53 southerly and westerly through waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan 54 Bay, to the waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New 55 York Line, proceeding northerly and including Island of Meadows, and 56 Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning. A. 4377 8 1 35. Thirty-fifth District 2 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described 3 as follows: 4 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of 5 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south- 6 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten 7 Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy 8 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to 9 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory 10 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich- 11 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, 12 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north 13 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu- 14 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to 15 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly 16 and westerly through the Narrows, through the Kill Van Kull Waters, 17 including the entire part of the City of New York known as Snooter's 18 Island, to the waters of the Arthur Kill, to the point or place of 19 beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the 20 Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: 21 BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of 22 Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue, extended to Harway Avenue, to 23 Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to 24 West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-sev- 25 enth Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to Eighteenth 26 Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway, 27 to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to 28 Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence northerly 29 and westerly along the border of the United States Government reserva- 30 tion known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort Hamilton 31 Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in the 32 waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line, thence projected 33 into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and parallel to 34 the Verrazano Narrows Bridge thence southerly and easterly to the point 35 or place of beginning. 36 b. If any numbered paragraph of subdivision a of this section or any 37 clause, sentence or part of any such numbered paragraph shall be 38 adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judg- 39 ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other numbered paragraph 40 of subdivision a of this section, but shall be confined in its operation 41 to the numbered paragraph which was directly involved in the controversy 42 or of which a clause, sentence, or part was directly involved in such 43 controversy. 44 c. The provisions of this section shall apply to the nomination and 45 election of council members at the primary and general election in the 46 year nineteen hundred eighty-one and thereafter and elections by the 47 voters for the filling of vacancies in the offices of the council 48 members so elected arising otherwise than by expiration of the term, for 49 the balance thereof. 50 S 7. The closing paragraph of subclause (C) of clause (i) of subpara- 51 graph (a) of paragraph 8 of subdivision d of section 11-243 of the 52 administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law 53 number 41 of the city of New York for the year 1988, is amended to read 54 as follows: A. 4377 9 1 FOX HILLS--The area bounded by Vanderbilt Avenue; the Upper New York 2 Bay; the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway right of way; and, the 3 [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. 4 S 8. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 5 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 6 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. 7 S 9. This act shall take effect immediately.