What's happening
This bill designates a portion of State Route 32 in Ulster County as the "Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway."
Why it matters
Honors Local Military Service. Naming the highway after Private First Class Douglas Cordo publicly recognizes and honors the sacrifice of a local soldier from Ulster County, reinforcing community remembrance and respect for military service.
Ceremonial Designation Only. The bill specifies that the naming is ceremonial and does not change the official, legal name of the highway, ensuring there is no impact on maps, addresses, or navigation systems.
Minimal Financial/Logistical Impact. The act instructs the Department of Transportation to install signs for the designation, but limits confusion and disruption to local businesses and residents by keeping the official name unchanged.
Community Identity and Legacy. Such memorial designations can foster a sense of local pride and identity, providing a visible and lasting tribute that may encourage educational conversations about local history and service.
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History
- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
93
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ -read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to designating a portion of the state highway system as the "Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 344-f to read as follows:
§ 344-f. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway system constituting state route thirty-two in the county of Ulster beginning at the intersection of state route thirty-two and state route nine-W in the town of Ulster, continuing in a generally northerly direction on state route thirty-two, and terminating at the intersection of state route thirty-two and state route nine-W in the town of Saugerties, shall be designated and known as the "Private First Class Douglas Cordo Memorial Highway".
§ 2. The commissioner of transportation 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 of ceremonial nature and the official name of such highway shall not be changed as a result of this act.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01671-01-7
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