Fix Verrazzano Bridge Spelling

Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 182 of the laws of 1960 amending the highway law relating to providing that the Narrows Bridge shall be designated and known as "the Verrazano-Narrows bridge", is amended to read as follows:

Section 1. In recognition of the bold explorations of Giovanni da [Verrazano] Verrazzano and his discovery of New York harbor in fifteen hundred twenty-four, the bridge to be constructed between Staten Island and Long Island, sometimes referred to as the Narrows bridge or the Brooklyn Richmond project, shall upon construction be designated and known as "The [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge"

§ 2. Subdivision 46 of section 121 of the state law, as added by chapter 16 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:

46. Forty-sixth district. In the county of Kings, the part of the borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows: Beginning at a point where Shore Road and 83rd Street meet, thence easterly along said street to Narrows Avenue, thence northerly along said avenue to 81st Street, thence easterly along said street to Colonial Road, thence northerly along said road to 80th Street, thence easterly along said street to Ridge Boulevard, thence northerly along said boulevard to 78th Street, thence easterly along said street to 3rd Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to 79th Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 7th Avenue southbound, thence northerly along said avenue to Ovington Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 8th Avenue,

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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thence southwesterly along said avenue to 71st Street, thence southeasterly along said street to Fort Hamilton Parkway, thence northeasterly along said parkway to Bay Ridge Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 10th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 74th Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 12th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 78th Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 79th Street, thence northwesterly along said street to 12th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 81st Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 13th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to 82nd Street, thence southeasterly along said street to 14th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Benson Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to 16th Avenue, thence southwesterly along said avenue to Cropsey Avenue, thence southeasterly along said avenue to Bay 13th Street, thence southwesterly along said street to Shore Parkway North, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point on a line extended easterly from the Belt Parkway to the point where Shore Parkway meets 21st Avenue, thence westerly along said line to the Belt Parkway, thence southeasterly along said parkway to a point where a line extended south from Bayview Place meets the Belt Parkway, thence northerly along said line extended to a point on a line extended northwesterly from the end of Shore Road, thence southeasterly along said line extended to Shore Road, thence southerly along said road to Bay 50th Street, thence northeasterly along said street to Cropsey Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Bay 50th Street, thence northeasterly along said street to West 16th Street, thence southerly along said street to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to West 15th Street, thence southerly along said street to Shore Parkway North, thence southeasterly along said parkway to Stillwell Avenue, thence southerly along said avenue to Belt Parkway, thence easterly along said parkway to New York City Transit tracks (N Line), thence northerly along said tracks to a point on a line extended northwesterly from the end of Shore Parkway, thence southeasterly along said line to Shore Parkway North, thence easterly along said parkway to Shell Road, thence northerly along said road to Avenue Z, thence easterly along said avenue to West Street, thence northerly along said street to Avenue Y, thence easterly along said avenue to Ocean Parkway, thence southerly along said parkway to Shore Parkway South, thence easterly along said parkway to Brighton 3rd Street, thence southerly along said street to Neptune Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Brighton 4th Street, thence southerly along said street to Ocean View Avenue, thence easterly along said avenue to Brighton 5th Street, thence southerly along said street to Brightwater Court, thence easterly along said court to Brighton 6th Street, thence southerly along said street to Boardwalk East, thence easterly along said boardwalk to a point on a line extended northerly from the border of Kings/Queens County to Coney Island Avenue, thence southerly along said line extended to the border of Kings/Queens county line, thence westerly along said line to Kings/Richmond county line, thence northerly along said line to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano- Narrows Bridge, thence easterly along said bridge to a point on a line extended southwesterly to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, thence northeasterly along said line extended to 4th Avenue and Shore Road to its intersection with 83rd Street, thence northerly along Shore Road to the point and place of beginning.

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§ 3. The paragraph relating to interstate route connection 512 of section 340-a of the highway law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

Interstate Route Connection 512. Staten Island expressway from Goethals bridge approach to [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge approach, Brooklyn-Queens expressway from [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge approach to Grand Central parkway, Grand Central parkway from Brooklyn-Queens expressway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach, Major Deegan expressway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to the Westchester county line connecting with interstate route 502.

§ 4. Section 343-h of the highway law, as amended by chapter 97 of the laws of 1998 and as renumbered by chapter 14 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:

§ 343-h. Portion of the state highway system to be designated as the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway". All that portion of the state highway system located in Richmond county constituting route 278 from the Goethals bridge to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge (Staten Island Expressway) shall be designated and known as the "POW-MIA Memorial Highway".

§ 5. Section 349-f of the highway law, as amended by chapter 558 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:

§ 349-f. New York city routes. The following existing or proposed main routes or thoroughfares, are designated herein, as aforesaid, viz.:

New England thruway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Bruckner expressway from New England thruway to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Hutchinson river parkway from the Westchester county line to the Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Bronx river parkway from the Westchester county line to Bruckner expressway; Henry Hudson parkway from the Westchester county line to Miller highway excepting the Henry Hudson bridge, provided that no portion of this route from West Seventy-second street to the Cross Bronx expressway shall be constructed or reconstructed so as to encroach in any way on or over any land mapped or used for park purposes except for such temporary encroachment of no more than ten feet in width from seventy-third street to seventy-sixth street as may be essential during and for the purpose of reconstruction or repair of the existing roadway following which there shall be full restoration of park land; Major Deegan expressway from the Robert F. Kennedy bridge to Central Park avenue at the Westchester county line together with a connection to Broadway and along Broadway to Manhattan college parkway; Cross Bronx expressway from George Washington bridge approach to Throgs Neck bridge; Throgs Neck expressway from Bruckner expressway to Throgs Neck bridge; Arthur V. Sheridan expressway from Cross-Bronx expressway to Bruckner expressway; Mosholu parkway from Henry Hudson parkway to Bronx river parkway; Bronx and Pelham parkway from Bronx river parkway to New England thruway; Boston road from Bronx and Pelham parkway to New England thruway; Miller highway from Henry Hudson parkway to the Hugh L. Carey tunnel; and from Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Brooklyn-Queens expressway; Franklin D. Roosevelt drive from the Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach; Harlem river drive from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to George Washington bridge approach; Belt parkway including Gowanus parkway to Third avenue and Sixtieth street, Leif Erikson drive to Knapp street, Shore parkway, Belt parkway, Southern parkway and Cross Island parkway from Hugh L. Carey tunnel to Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach; Nassau expressway from Southern parkway to the Nassau county line; Brooklyn-Queens expressway

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from Gowanus expressway to Grand Central parkway; Prospect expressway from Gowanus expressway to Ocean parkway; Ocean parkway from Prospect expressway to Shore parkway; Interborough parkway from Grand Central Parkway to Belt parkway; Gowanus expressway from the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge to Third avenue at Gowanus parkway; Third Avenue from Gowanus expressway to Hamilton avenue; Hamilton Avenue from Third Avenue to Hugh L. Carey tunnel; Queens boulevard from Queensborough bridge approach to Van Wyck expressway; Van Wyck expressway from Whitestone expressway, including a connection to Grand Central parkway, to John F. Kennedy international airport; Woodhaven boulevard from Queens boulevard to Cross Bay parkway bridge northerly approach; Cross Bay parkway from Cross Bay bridge southerly approach to Short Front parkway; Shore Front parkway from Cross Bay parkway generally along the shore line of the Atlantic ocean to the Nassau expressway at the Nassau county line; Queens-Midtown expressway from Queens-Midtown tunnel approach to Queens Boulevard; Horace Harding expressway from Queens Boulevard to the Nassau county line; a connection between Brooklyn- Queens expressway and Northern boulevard in the vicinity of Grand Central parkway; Grand Central parkway from Robert F. Kennedy bridge approach to Nassau county line; Whitestone expressway from Bronx-Whitestone bridge approach to Van Wyck expressway and continuing to Grand Central parkway; Clearview expressway from Throgs Neck bridge to Nassau expressway; Richmond parkway from Staten Island expressway to Outerbridge crossing approach; Staten Island expressway from Goethals bridge to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows bridge with a connection to Bayonne bridge; Willowbrook parkway from Staten Island expressway to Great Kills park; West Shore expressway from Staten Island expressway to Outerbridge crossing; Shore Front drive northerly from the terminus of West Shore expressway at Staten Island expressway, thence generally along the shore lines of Kill Van Kull, the Narrows, Lower New York bay and Raritan bay to the approach to Outerbridge crossing.

§ 6. Section 91-a of the navigation law, as amended by chapter 197 of the laws of 1990, is amended to read as follows:

§ 91-a. Licensing of Hudson river pilots. The commissioners, or a majority of them, shall license, for such terms as they may think proper, as many pilots as they may deem necessary to pilot ships through that portion of the Hudson river specified in this act, the continuation of the Hudson river, and the main ship channel of the Upper bay, New York harbor, east of a line from Robbins reef light to the tower at Staten Island borough hall and down to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and such commissioners may specify in such licenses different degrees of qualifications appropriate to different parts or branches of pilot duty, according to the competency of the applicant.

§ 7. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0306 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 612 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:

1. There is established a Hudson River estuarine district which shall include the tidal waters of the Hudson River, including the tidal waters of its tributaries and wetlands from the federal lock and dam at Troy to the [Verrazano-Narrows] Verrazzano-Narrows.

§ 8. Section 553-f of the public authorities law, as amended by chapter 2 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:

§ 553-f. Tokens. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, but subject to agreements with noteholders and bondholders, the authority shall offer for sale tokens with respect to residents of the county of Richmond and may, except as otherwise provided herein, regulate the

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