Bill Text: NY A04013 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to renaming the Queens Midtown tunnel the Jane Matilda Bolin tunnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A04013 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04013-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4013 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 31, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. AUBRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law and the highway law, in relation to renaming the Queens Midtown tunnel the Jane Matilda Bolin tunnel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (f), (i) and (j) of subdivision 9 of section 553 2 of the public authorities law, paragraphs (f) and (i) as amended by 3 chapter 954 of the laws of 1946 and paragraph (j) as amended by chapter 4 558 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 5 (f) a vehicular tunnel or tunnels heretofore constructed, known as 6 [Queens Midtown] Jane Matilda Bolin tunnel, under the East river from 7 the borough of Manhattan to the borough of Queens, together with such 8 incidental bridges and tunnels, including but not limited to, a tunnel 9 or tunnels or bridge across Newtown creek from the borough of Queens to 10 the borough of Brooklyn and such other structures, appurtenances, facil- 11 ities and approaches as shall be necessary or convenient; and 12 (i) a vehicular tunnel or tunnels or arterial highway across the 13 borough of Manhattan connecting the [Queens Midtown] Jane Matilda Bolin 14 tunnel with the Lincoln (Midtown Hudson) tunnel, together with such 15 incidental tunnels and such other structures, appurtenances, facilities 16 and approaches as shall be necessary or convenient; and 17 (j) Bus stations or terminals or automobile parking garages at or in 18 the vicinity of the Columbus circle in the borough of Manhattan and of 19 the Manhattan plazas of the [Queens Midtown] Jane Matilda Bolin and Hugh 20 L. Carey tunnels. Any such project may, subject to zoning restrictions, 21 include space and facilities for any or all of the following: public 22 recreation, business, trade and other exhibitions, sporting and athletic 23 events, public meetings, conventions and all kinds of assemblages, and 24 in order to obtain additional revenues, space and facilities for busi- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08072-01-9A. 4013 2 1 ness and commercial purposes. Whenever the authority deems it to be in 2 the public interest, the authority may lease any such project or any 3 part or parts thereof or contract for the management and operation ther- 4 eof or of any part or parts thereof. Any such lease or contract may be 5 for a period of not exceeding ten years, or, if any of the revenues 6 therefrom are or are to be pledged to secure bonds then such lease or 7 contract may be for a period extending not later by more than one year 8 than the last maturity of such bonds. 9 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 563 of the public authorities law, as 10 amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 3. The state of New York does pledge to and agree with the holders of 13 any bonds that no tunnel, bridge, parkway, causeway, street, road, high- 14 way or other connection for vehicular traffic, which will be competitive 15 with the [Queens Midtown] Jane Matilda Bolin tunnel or the Hugh L. Carey 16 tunnel or the Brooklyn Richmond tunnel or the Narrows bridge will be 17 constructed; provided that a tunnel, bridge, parkway, causeway, street, 18 road, highway or other connection for vehicular traffic shall be consid- 19 ered as competitive if it shall form a connection for vehicular traffic 20 over, under or across the East river south of Queensboro bridge, or, if 21 it shall form a connection for vehicular traffic between the boroughs of 22 Manhattan, Brooklyn or Richmond over, under or across New York bay. The 23 covenant herein contained restricting competitive traffic connections 24 with any project or projects shall be only for the benefit of the hold- 25 ers of bonds secured in whole or in part by the pledge of the revenues 26 of such project or projects and subject to and in accordance with all 27 contract provisions with respect to any bonds outstanding on January 28 first, nineteen hundred fifty-five and the rights of the holders of such 29 bonds, the covenant herein contained shall not be deemed to prevent the 30 construction of any bridge or tunnel exclusively for railway rapid tran- 31 sit purposes. 32 § 3. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 288 of 33 the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 34 § 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main 35 routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.: 36 New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner 37 expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F. 38 Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester 39 county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway 40 from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson 41 parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the 42 Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West 43 Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed 44 or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped 45 or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no 46 more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth 47 street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction 48 or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full 49 restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F. 50 Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line 51 together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan 52 college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge 53 approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner 54 expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from 55 Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from 56 Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkwayA. 4013 3 1 from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx 2 and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry 3 Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey 4 tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from 5 the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem 6 river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington 7 bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue 8 and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway, 9 Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L. 10 Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from 11 Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway 12 from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway 13 from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect 14 expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central 15 Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the Verrazzano-Narrows 16 bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus 17 expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh 18 L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach to 19 Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway, 20 including a connection to Grand Central parkway, to John F. Kennedy 21 international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from Queens boulevard to 22 Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross Bay parkway from 23 Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front 24 parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the shore line of the 25 Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau county line; 26 Queens-Midtown expressway from [Queens-Midtown] Jane Matilda Bolin 27 tunnel approach to Queens Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from 28 Queens Boulevard to the Nassau county line; a connection between Brook- 29 lyn-Queens expressway and Northern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand 30 Central parkway; Grand Central parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge 31 approach to Nassau county line; Whitestone expressway from Bronx-White- 32 stone bridge approach to Van Wyck expressway and continuing to Grand 33 Central parkway; Clearview expressway from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau 34 expressway; Richmond parkway from Staten Island expressway to Outer- 35 bridge crossing approach; Staten Island expressway from Goethals bridge 36 to the Verrazzano-Narrows bridge with a connection to Bayonne bridge; 37 Willowbrook parkway from Staten Island expressway to Great Kills park; 38 West Shore expressway from Staten Island expressway to Outerbridge 39 crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore 40 expressway at Staten Island expressway, thence generally along the shore 41 lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, Lower New York bay and Raritan bay 42 to the approach to Outerbridge crossing. 43 § 4. Terms occurring in laws, regulations, contracts and other docu- 44 ments. Whenever Queens Midtown tunnel or Queens-Midtown tunnel is 45 referred to or designated in any law, regulation, contract or document, 46 such reference or designation shall be deemed to refer to Jane Matilda 47 Bolin tunnel, and no such laws, regulations, contracts or other docu- 48 ments shall be thereby impaired in any way. 49 § 5. The New York state department of transportation, the New York 50 city department of transportation and the Triborough bridge and tunnel 51 authority shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate 52 signage in conformance with section one of this act within such time and 53 in such manner as they shall deem appropriate. 54 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
