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Changes the official name of the Staten Island Expressway to the POW-MIA Memorial Highway
In Assembly Committee · Transportation · Sponsor Michael Cusick
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4971
Title of bill
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"
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
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Undetermined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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