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NY A05024
Bill
Status
2/11/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Jacobson
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Transportation, working with the NYS Bridge Authority, MTA, Port Authority of NY/NJ, and Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, to study whether bridges spanning waterways connected to deep water ports can withstand impacts from large vessels including cargo ships, oil tankers, and passenger ships
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Mandates evaluation of 23 specifically named bridges including the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, George Washington Bridge, Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and bridges spanning Lake Erie and Lake Ontario shipping routes
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Study must assess each bridge's age, current condition, support structure type and size, protective barriers, channel width, height clearance, surrounding topography, and safe vessel maneuvering areas in emergencies
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Report with findings and recommendations must be submitted to the Governor, Assembly Speaker, and Senate Temporary President by January 1, 2026, and published on the DOT website within one month of completion
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Act expires and is repealed on April 1, 2027 or 3 months after report submission, whichever is later; motivated by the March 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore caused by the container ship "Dali" and a near-miss at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Legislative Description
Directs the Department of Transportation, the Bridge Authority, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel authority, the Thruway authority, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to each conduct a study of certain bridges spanning bodies of water connected to deep water ports in the state to determine whether such bridges have the structural integrity to withstand an impact from large vessels such as cargo ships, oil tankers and cruise ships; requires a report and recommendations; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
Last Action
print number 5024b
2/27/2026