Dedicates a portion of the Wantagh state parkway from route 27 to Jerusalem Road in the hamlet of Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau to William Cornell.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8453
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 9, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the highway law, in relation to dedicating a portion of
the state highway system to William Cornell
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The highway law is amended by adding a new section 345-d to
2 read as follows:
3 § 345-d. Portion of state highway system to be dedicated to William
4 Cornell. The walking path on the northbound side of the Wantagh State
5 Parkway from route twenty-seven to Jerusalem Avenue in the hamlet of
6 Wantagh, town of Hempstead, county of Nassau, shall be dedicated to
7 William Cornell.
8 § 2. The commissioner of transportation shall provide for the instal-
9 lation and maintenance of adequate signing of the state highway system
10 as dedicated pursuant to section one of this act, provided that such
11 signing shall state "William Cornell memorial trail". However, to avoid
12 confusion and to limit any possible disruption of commerce, the dedi-
13 cation called for pursuant to section one of this act shall be one of
14 ceremonial nature and the official name of such walking trail shall not
15 be changed as a result of this act.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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