BILL NUMBER: S5585
SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend 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"
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would change the official name of the Staten Island Expressway
to the POW-MIA Highway.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
In 1997 the Staten Island Expressway was ceremoniously named the MIA-POW
Memorial Highway in honor of those who served our country, many of whom
never came home. This bill would make this name official to pay tribute
to those men and women who, in service to their country during times of
conflict, were Prisoners of War or listed as Missing in Action.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: S.4187 - Passed Senate/ A.4730 - Referred to Transportation
2023: S.4187 - Passed Senate/ A.4730 - Referred to Transportation
2022: S.4915 - Passed Senate/ A.5757 - Referred to Transportation
2021: S.4915 - Passed Senate/ A.5757 - Referred to Transportation
2020: S.3856 - Referred to Transportation/A.4911 - Referred to Transpor-
tation
2019: S.3856 - Referred to Transportation/A.4911- Referred to Transpor-
tation
2018: S.4629 - Refereed to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.6209 - Referred to Transportation
2017: S.4629 - Passed Senate/A.6209 - Referred to Transportation
2016: S.2681 - Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.4377 - Referred to Transportation
2015: S.2681 - Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.4377 - Referred to Transportation
2014: S.4971 - Referred to Investigations and Government
Operations/A.3745 - Referred to Transportation
2013: S.4971 - Third Reading Calendar/A.3745 - Referred to Transporta-
tion
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undetermined.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S5585: 340-a highway law, 343-a highway law, 349-f highway law, 11-243 administrative code of the city of New York as amended by local law, 11-243(d) administrative code of the city of New York as amended by local law