STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6732 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY -- 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 "Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas 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-o to 2 read as follows: 3 § 344-o. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the 4 "Port Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge". All 5 that portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on 94th 6 Street, between the 82nd Street overpass and the 102nd Street overpass, 7 crossing over the Grand Central Parkway in the neighborhood of East 8 Elmhurst, county of Queens, shall be designated and known as the "Port 9 Authority Police Officer Pavlos D. Pallas Memorial Bridge". 10 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal- 11 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system 12 as designated pursuant to section one of this act. However, to avoid 13 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the desig- 14 nation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of 15 ceremonial nature and the official name of such bridge shall not be 16 changed as a result of this act. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10326-02-3