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NY S 5178

in committee

Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 5178 pass?

Not yet. NY S 5178 is in committee as of 2026-05-12 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-12): PRINT NUMBER 5178A

What is NY S 5178 about?

Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.

Who sponsors NY S 5178?

Leroy Comrie is the primary sponsor of NY S 5178, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Requires the New York state bridge authority, the Thousand Islands bridge authority, the Nassau county bridge authority, the Ogdensburg bridge authority, and the New York state thruway authority to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges and provide a report to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, and the public a copy of such plan.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-12 — PRINT NUMBER 5178A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Leroy Comrieprimary
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-12

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  4. 2026-05-12

    PRINT NUMBER 5178A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9313not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 8309

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5178?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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