Bill Text: NY S02681 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02681 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02681-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2681
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 27, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
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
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 along said avenue to Delmore Street, thence easterly along said street a
2 line extended westerly from Livermore Avenue, thence easterly along said
3 line extended to Livermore Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
4 Waters Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Woolley Avenue,
5 thence northerly along said avenue to Leonard Avenue, thence easterly
6 along said avenue to Livermore Avenue, thence northerly along said
7 avenue to Lathrop Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Dickie
8 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to College Avenue, thence
9 easterly along said avenue to Wardwell Avenue, thence southerly along
10 said avenue to The Blvd, thence southeasterly along said boulevard to
11 Jewett Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Constant Avenue,
12 thence easterly along said avenue to Virginia Place, thence northerly
13 along said place to Maine Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
14 Ohio Place, thence northerly along said place to College Avenue, thence
15 westerly along said avenue to Brookside Avenue, thence southeasterly
16 along said avenue to Martling Avenue, thence northeasterly along said
17 avenue to Clove Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Bard
18 Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Croton Avenue, thence
19 easterly along said avenue to the border of Silver Lake Golf Course,
20 thence northeasterly along said border to Lakewood Road, thence norther-
21 ly along said road to Revere Street, thence northeasterly along said
22 street to University Place, thence northerly along said place to a point
23 on a line extended westerly from Greenwood Avenue, thence easterly along
24 said line to Greenwood Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to
25 Forrest Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Victory Boulevard,
26 thence southwesterly along said boulevard to Theresa Place, thence east-
27 erly along said place to Duncan Road, thence southerly along said road
28 to Greta Place, thence easterly along said place to Howard Avenue,
29 thence southerly along said avenue to Arlo Road, thence southwesterly
30 along said road to Highland Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue
31 to Howard Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Signal Hill
32 Road on Wagner College Campus, thence southeasterly along said road to a
33 point where it meets a line extended northwesterly from Cedar Terrace to
34 Signal Hill Road, thence southeasterly along said line to said terrace,
35 thence southeasterly along said terrace to Longview Road, thence south-
36 easterly along said road to a line extended northeasterly from Concord
37 Place, thence southwesterly along said line to Concord Place, thence
38 southeasterly along said place to Richmond Road, thence southerly along
39 said road to Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly along said street to
40 Rhine Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Pierce Street,
41 thence southeasterly along said street to Targee Street, thence south-
42 westerly along said street to Interstate 278, thence northwesterly along
43 said expressway to Richmond Road, thence southwesterly along said road
44 to Clove Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Targee Street,
45 thence southwesterly along said street to Baltic Avenue, thence south-
46 easterly along said avenue to a line extended northwesterly from West
47 Fingerboard Road between Stonegate Drive and North Railroad Avenue,
48 thence southeasterly along said line extended to West Fingerboard Road,
49 thence southwesterly along said road to Targee Street, thence northerly
50 along said street to Columbus Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue
51 to Richmond Road, thence southeasterly along said road to Old Town Road,
52 thence southeasterly along said road to Savin Court, thence southwester-
53 ly along said court to Whitaker Place, thence southeasterly along said
54 place to Wilson Street, thence southwesterly along said street to
55 Newberry Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Remsen
56 Street, thence southwesterly along said street to Burgher Avenue, thence
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1 northwesterly along said avenue to Bear Street, thence southwesterly
2 along said street to Alter Avenue, thence northwesterly along said
3 avenue to Jefferson Street, thence southwesterly along said street to
4 Seaver Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Richmond Road,
5 thence northeasterly along said road to Four Corners Road, thence
6 westerly along said road to Romer Road, thence northerly along said road
7 to Saint George Drive, thence northwesterly along said drive to Benedict
8 Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Saint James Place, thence
9 southwesterly along said place to Buttonwood Road, thence northwesterly
10 along said road to Circle Road, thence southwesterly along said road to
11 Todt Hill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Ocean Terrace,
12 thence westerly along said terrace to Manor Road, thence southerly along
13 said road to Portage Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to
14 Fanning Street, thence southerly along said street to Manor Road, thence
15 southwesterly along said road to a line extended northwesterly from
16 Sloane Avenue, thence southeasterly along said line to Sloane Avenue,
17 thence southeasterly along said avenue to Nevada Avenue, thence south-
18 easterly along said avenue to Rockland Avenue, thence southeasterly
19 along said avenue to Saint George Road, thence southwesterly along said
20 road to Lawn Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Nugent
21 Street, thence southwesterly along said street to a line extended east-
22 erly from Nugent Street, thence westerly along said line to Nugent
23 Street, thence westerly along said street to a line extended easterly
24 from Lighthouse Avenue, thence westerly along said line to Lighthouse
25 Avenue, thence westerly to a line extended easterly from the end of
26 Manor Court, thence westerly along said line to Manor Court, thence
27 westerly along said court to a footpath extended southerly from Edinboro
28 Road to Manor Court, thence westerly along said road through the north-
29 erly side of the traffic circle to Richmond Hill Road, thence southeast-
30 erly along said road to Arthur Kill Road, thence southwesterly along
31 said road to Revere Lane, thence northwesterly along said lane to Frank-
32 lin Lane, thence northerly along said lane to a line extended southwes-
33 terly from the Richmond Creek to said lane, thence northeasterly along
34 said line to said creek, thence southwesterly along said creek to a
35 point where it meets a line extended northeasterly from the intersection
36 of Arthur Kill Road and Ridgewood Avenue, thence southwesterly along
37 said line to Arthur Kill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to
38 Ladd Avenue, thence westerly along said avenue to Crossfield Avenue,
39 thence northerly along said avenue to Token Street, thence westerly
40 along said street to Futurity Place, thence northerly along said place
41 to Arthur Kill Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Annadale
42 Road, thence southerly along said road to Drumgoole Road, thence south-
43 westerly along said road to Smyrna Avenue, thence westerly along said
44 avenue to Woehrle Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Grant-
45 wood Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Woodrow Road,
46 thence southwesterly along said road to Regina Lane, thence northwester-
47 ly along said lane to Halpin Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue
48 to Legate Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Carlton
49 Boulevard, thence southeasterly along said boulevard to Halpin Avenue,
50 thence southwesterly along said avenue to Arden Avenue, thence south-
51 easterly along said avenue to Woodrow Road, thence southwesterly along
52 said road to Almond Street, thence northeasterly along said street to
53 Vespa Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Arden Avenue,
54 thence northwesterly along said avenue to a line extended northeasterly
55 from Geyser Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to Geyser Drive,
56 thence westerly along said drive to Russek Drive, thence southerly along
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1 said drive to Avon Green, thence westerly along said green to Huguenot
2 Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Arthur Kill Road, thence
3 westerly along said road to a line extending southerly from the Arthur
4 Kill shoreline to Saint Lukes Avenue, thence northerly along said line
5 to said shoreline, thence northeasterly along said shoreline to a line
6 extended easterly from the New York/New Jersey state border to an inlet,
7 thence westerly along said line to said border, thence northeasterly
8 along said border to a line extended northwesterly from the end of
9 Harbor Road, the point and place of beginning.
10 64. Sixty-fourth district. In the county of Kings, that part of the
11 borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at
12 a point on the Kings County/New Jersey State Line to a line extended
13 northwesterly from the northern right-of-way of the Belt Parkway, thence
14 southeasterly along said line extended to a point at the end of Colonial
15 Road at Wakeman Place, thence southwesterly along said road to 68th
16 Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Ridge Boulevard,
17 thence southwesterly along said boulevard to 71st Street, thence south-
18 easterly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence southwesterly along
19 said avenue to 72nd Street, thence southeasterly along said street to
20 Ridge Court, thence northeasterly along said court until its end, thence
21 to a line extended southwesterly from Ovington Avenue to the end of said
22 court, thence northeasterly along said line extended to Ovington Avenue,
23 thence southeasterly along said avenue to 4th Avenue, thence northeast-
24 erly along said avenue to 69th Street, thence southeasterly along said
25 street to 6th Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to Erik Place,
26 thence southeasterly on said place to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along
27 said avenue to a line extended from the northern end of Stewart Avenue
28 northeasterly to 7th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said line
29 extended to the northern end of Stewart Avenue, thence southwesterly
30 along said avenue to Ovington Avenue, thence southeasterly along said
31 avenue to 7th Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 79th street,
32 thence westerly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence northerly along
33 said avenue to 78th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to
34 Ridge Boulevard, thence southwesterly along said boulevard to 80th
35 Street, thence northwesterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence
36 southwesterly along said road to 81st Street, thence northwesterly along
37 said street to Narrows Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to
38 83rd Street, thence westerly along said street to Shore Road, thence
39 southwesterly along said road to the intersection of Belt Parkway and
40 Interstate 278, thence southwesterly along said interstate to the Verra-
41 zano-Narrows Bridge, thence southwesterly along said bridge to the
42 Kings/Richmond county line, thence northerly along said line to the
43 Kings County/New Jersey State line, the point and place of beginning;
44 Furthermore, in the county of Richmond, that part of the borough of
45 Staten Island bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at a
46 point where the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge meets the Kings/Richmond county
47 line, thence southerly along the Richmond county line to a point where
48 said line meets the New York/New Jersey State border, thence southwes-
49 terly along said border, thence to a point intersecting a line extended
50 southeasterly from Armstrong Avenue, thence northwesterly along said
51 line to the intersection of said line and a line extended southerly from
52 Point Street, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with
53 a line extended southeasterly from the end of Robinson Avenue, thence
54 northwesterly along said line to Thornycroft Avenue, thence northwester-
55 ly along said avenue to Tennyson Drive, thence northeasterly along said
56 drive to Littlefield Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to
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1 Hylan Boulevard, thence northeasterly along said boulevard to Pacific
2 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Sycamore Street,
3 thence southwesterly along said street to Thornycroft Avenue, thence
4 northwesterly along said avenue to Oakdale Street, thence southwesterly
5 along said street to Winchester Avenue, thence northwesterly along said
6 avenue to Old Amboy Road, thence westerly along said road to Amboy Road,
7 thence southwesterly along said road to Richmond Avenue, thence
8 northwesterly along said avenue to Wilson Avenue, thence northeasterly
9 along said avenue to Eltingville Boulevard, thence northerly along said
10 boulevard to Lamoka Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to
11 Baltimore Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Giffords
12 Lane, thence southerly along said lane to Staten Island Railroad, thence
13 northeasterly along said railroad to Amboy Road, thence southwesterly
14 along said road to South Railroad Avenue, thence northeasterly along
15 said avenue to Emmet Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to
16 South Railroad Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Jeffer-
17 son Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to North Railroad
18 Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Jefferson Street,
19 thence northeasterly along said street to Alter Avenue, thence south-
20 easterly along said avenue to Bear Street, thence northeasterly along
21 said street to Burgher Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to
22 Remsen Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Newberry
23 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said avenue to Wilson Street, thence
24 northeasterly along said street to Whitaker Place, thence northwesterly
25 along said place to Savin Court, thence northeasterly along said court
26 to Old Town Road, thence northwesterly along said road to Richmond Road,
27 thence northerly along said road to Columbus Avenue, thence easterly
28 along said avenue to Targee Street, thence southerly along said street
29 to West Fingerboard Road, thence northeasterly along said road to a
30 point where a line extended southeasterly from the end of Baltic Avenue
31 meets a point on said road between Stonegate Drive and North Railroad
32 Avenue, thence northwesterly along said line extended to Baltic Avenue,
33 thence northwesterly along said avenue to Targee Street, thence
34 northeasterly along said street to Clove Road, thence northwesterly
35 along said road to Richmond Road, thence northeasterly along said road
36 to the [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, thence
37 southeasterly along said [expressway] HIGHWAY to Targee Street, thence
38 northeasterly along said street to Dekalb Street, thence southeasterly
39 along said street to Narrows Road, thence southeasterly along said road
40 to Mosel Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Mosel Loop,
41 thence northeasterly along said loop to Mosel Avenue, thence northeast-
42 erly along said avenue to Steuben Street, thence southeasterly along
43 said street to a line extended northwesterly from Staten Island Rail-
44 road, thence southeasterly along said line extended to railroad tracks,
45 thence northeasterly along said tracks to White Plains Avenue to a line
46 extended southeasterly from where Osgood Avenue and Mosel Avenue meet,
47 thence northwesterly along a line extended to Osgood Avenue, thence
48 northwesterly along said avenue to Greenfield Avenue, thence northeast-
49 erly along said avenue to Tompkins Avenue, thence southeasterly along
50 said avenue to the railroad tracks, thence northeasterly along said
51 tracks to a line extended northeasterly from Langere Place, thence
52 southwesterly along said line extended to Langere Place, thence south-
53 westerly along said place to Lynhurst Avenue, thence northeasterly along
54 said avenue to Bay Street, thence northwesterly along said street to
55 Willow Avenue, thence northeasterly along said avenue to Edgewater
56 Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Clifton Avenue to a
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1 line extended southwesterly from the Richmond/Kings county line, thence
2 northeasterly along said line extended to the Richmond county line,
3 thence southeasterly along said county line to the Verrazano-Narrows
4 Bridge, the point and place of beginning.
5 S 3. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of
6 section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws
7 of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
8 Interstate Route Connection 512. [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA
9 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY from Goethals bridge approach to Verrazano-Narrows
10 bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from Verrazano-Narrows
11 bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand Central parkway from
12 Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major
13 Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to the West-
14 chester county line connecting with interstate route 502.
15 S 4. Section 343-a of the highway law, as added by chapter 110 of the
16 laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
17 S 343-a. Portion of state highway system in the county of Richmond to
18 be designated as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway". All that
19 portion of the state highway system in the county of Richmond constitut-
20 ing the Richmond Parkway from [Staten Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORI-
21 AL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge Crossing Approach shall be designated and
22 known as "The Korean War Veterans Memorial Parkway".
23 S 5. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of
24 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
25 S 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main
26 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.:
27 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner
28 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F.
29 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester
30 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway
31 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson
32 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the
33 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West
34 Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed
35 or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped
36 or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no
37 more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth
38 street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction
39 or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full
40 restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F.
41 Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line
42 together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan
43 college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge
44 approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner
45 expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from
46 Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from
47 Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkway
48 from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx
49 and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry
50 Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey
51 tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from
52 the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem
53 river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington
54 bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue
55 and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway,
56 Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L.
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1 Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from
2 Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway
3 from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway
4 from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect
5 expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central
6 Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the Verrazano-Narrows
7 bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus
8 expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh
9 L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach to
10 Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway,
11 including a connection to Grand Central parkway, to John F. Kennedy
12 international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from Queens boulevard to
13 Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross Bay parkway from
14 Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front
15 parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the shore line of the
16 Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau county line;
17 Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel approach to Queens
18 Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau
19 county line; a connection between Brooklyn-Queens expressway and North-
20 ern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand Central parkway; Grand Central
21 parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to Nassau county line;
22 Whitestone expressway from Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach to Van Wyck
23 expressway and continuing to Grand Central parkway; Clearview expressway
24 from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau expressway; Richmond parkway from
25 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge
26 crossing approach; [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
27 from Goethals bridge to the Verrazano-Narrows bridge with a connection
28 to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from [Staten Island expressway]
29 POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from
30 [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY to Outerbridge
31 crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore
32 expressway at [Staten Island expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY,
33 thence generally along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows,
34 Lower New York bay and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge cross-
35 ing.
36 S 6. Paragraphs 1 and 35 of subdivision a of section 3-202 of the
37 administrative code of the city of New York are amended to read as
38 follows:
39 1. First District
40 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
41 as follows:
42 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
43 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south-
44 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten
45 Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy
46 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to
47 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory
48 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich-
49 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
50 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north
51 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu-
52 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
53 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence
54 southerly and westerly through waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan
55 Bay, to the waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New
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1 York Line, proceeding northerly and including Island of Meadows, and
2 Pralls Island, to the point or place of beginning.
3 35. Thirty-fifth District
4 That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
5 as follows:
6 BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
7 New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding south-
8 east, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to [Staten
9 Island Expressway] POW-MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy
10 Avenue, to Arlene Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to
11 Victory Boulevard, to Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory
12 Boulevard, to Manor Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Rich-
13 mond Road, proceeding northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard,
14 to Old Town Road, to Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north
15 on Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steu-
16 ben Street, to Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to
17 Lily Pond Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly
18 and westerly through the Narrows, through the Kill Van Kull Waters,
19 including the entire part of the City of New York known as Snooter's
20 Island, to the waters of the Arthur Kill, to the point or place of
21 beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the
22 Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows:
23 BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
24 Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue, extended to Harway Avenue, to
25 Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to
26 West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-sev-
27 enth Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to Eighteenth
28 Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway,
29 to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to
30 Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence northerly
31 and westerly along the border of the United States Government reserva-
32 tion known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort Hamilton
33 Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue, extended in the
34 waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line, thence projected
35 into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of and parallel to
36 the Verrazano Narrows Bridge thence southerly and easterly to the point
37 or place of beginning.
38 b. If any numbered paragraph of subdivision a of this section or any
39 clause, sentence or part of any such numbered paragraph shall be
40 adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judg-
41 ment shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other numbered paragraph
42 of subdivision a of this section, but shall be confined in its operation
43 to the numbered paragraph which was directly involved in the controversy
44 or of which a clause, sentence, or part was directly involved in such
45 controversy.
46 c. The provisions of this section shall apply to the nomination and
47 election of council members at the primary and general election in the
48 year nineteen hundred eighty-one and thereafter and elections by the
49 voters for the filling of vacancies in the offices of the council
50 members so elected arising otherwise than by expiration of the term, for
51 the balance thereof.
52 S 7. The closing paragraph of subclause (C) of clause (i) of subpara-
53 graph (a) of paragraph 8 of subdivision d of section 11-243 of the
54 administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law
55 number 41 of the city of New York for the year 1988, is amended to read
56 as follows:
S. 2681 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.
