BILL NUMBER: S6952B
SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of
the state highway system to Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M.
Ansert Jr.
 
PURPOSE:
An act to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to "Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M.
Ansert Jr."
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-p to
read as follows:
Section 344-p. Portion of the state highway system to be dedicated to
the "Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr." All that
portion of the state highway system constituting the bridge on the South
Service Road, between Federal Circle and the Perimeter Road Overpass,
crossing over the Van Wyck Expressway in the neighborhood of Jamaica,
county of Queens, shall be Dedicated to the "Port Authority Police Offi-
cer Arthur M. Ansert Jr."
Section 2. The commissioner of transportation, in consultation with the
executive director of the port authority Of New York and New Jersey,
shall provide for the installation and maintenance of adequate signing
of the state highway system as designated pursuant to section one of
this act. However, to avoid confusion and to limit any possible
disruption of commerce, the designation called for pursuant to section
one of this act shall be one of ceremonial nature and the official name
of such bridge shall not be changed as a result of this act.
Section 3.. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Port Authority Police Officer Arthur M. Ansert Jr. was struck and killed
by a drunk driver at the age of 25 on October 8 1973 while conducting a
traffic stop on the Van Wyck Expressway several feet from the proposed
memorial bridge. Officer Ansert was a U.S. Navy veteran and served with
the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department for one
year. He is survived by his. wife, parents, brother, and two sisters.
Officer Ansert's name is memorialized at the National Law Enforcement
Memorial in Washington, D.C., and the New York State Police Memorial in
Albany. The Port Authority PBA, Officer Ansert's former union, seeks to
see them eternally remembered at this most important location by renam-
ing a portion of the New York State highway system in their honor.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The bridge is under the jurisdiction of City and State DOT for oper-
ations and maintenance.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.