Adds the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways system, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9057--A
     Cal. No. 362
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 28, 2026
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 Introduced by Sens. BASKIN, MAY, CLEARE, COMRIE, MARTINEZ, PARKER, SCAR-
   CELLA-SPANTON,  SEPULVEDA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the highway law,  in  relation  to  adding  the  Harriet
   Tubman  Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways
   system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  349-dd of the highway law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j-15) to read as follows:
   (J-15) HARRIET TUBMAN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SCENIC  BYWAY  WHICH  SHALL
 CONSIST  OF  THE  PORTION OF THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM BEGINNING ON STATE ROUTE
 FIVE AT THE CITY LIMITS OF AUBURN, CAYUGA COUNTY,  TO  ITS  INTERSECTION
 WITH  STATE  ROUTE THIRTY-EIGHT THEN CONTINUING NORTHERLY ON STATE ROUTE
 THIRTY-EIGHT TO THE CITY LIMITS OF AUBURN; AND ALSO ALL THAT PORTION  OF
 THE  HIGHWAY  SYSTEM  BEGINNING ON STATE ROUTE FIVE AT THE SENECA COUNTY
 LINE IN THE TOWN OF TYRE, CONTINUING WESTERLY ON STATE ROUTE FIVE TO ITS
 INTERSECTION WITH LAKE STREET IN THE CITY  OF  GENEVA,  ONTARIO  COUNTY,
 CONTINUING  WESTERLY ON LAKE STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE
 FOURTEEN IN THE CITY OF GENEVA,  ONTARIO  COUNTY,  CONTINUING  NORTHERLY
 ALONG  STATE ROUTE FOURTEEN TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE THIRTY-
 ONE IN THE TOWN OF LYONS, WAYNE COUNTY,  CONTINUING  WESTERLY  ON  STATE
 ROUTE  THIRTY-ONE  UNTIL  ITS INTERSECTION WITH CHESTNUT STREET SOUTH IN
 THE CITY OF ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY, CONTINUING NORTHERLY  ON  CHESTNUT
 STREET  SOUTH  TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH BROAD STREET EAST IN THE CITY OF
 ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY, CONTINUING WESTERLY ON BROAD  STREET  EAST  TO
 ITS  INTERSECTION  WITH STATE ROUTE THIRTY-ONE IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER,
 MONROE COUNTY, CONTINUING WESTERLY ON STATE ROUTE THIRTY-ONE IN THE CITY
 OF ROCHESTER, MONROE COUNTY TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST AVENUE IN  THE
 CITY  OF LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY, CONTINUING WESTERLY ON EAST AVENUE IN
 THE CITY OF LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY TO MAIN STREET, CONTINUING WESTERLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14315-07-6
 S. 9057--A                          2
 
 ON MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT, NIAGARA  COUNTY  TO  ITS  INTER-
 SECTION  WITH  WEST MAIN STREET IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY,
 CONTINUING ON WEST MAIN STREET TO  ITS  INTERSECTION  WITH  STATE  ROUTE
 SEVENTY-EIGHT IN THE CITY OF LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY, CONTINUING SOUTH-
 ERLY  ON  STATE ROUTE SEVENTY-EIGHT TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE
 TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE IN THE TOWN OF AMHERST, ERIE COUNTY,  CONTINUING
 SOUTHERLY  ALONG STATE ROUTE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE TO ITS INTERSECTION
 WITH UNITED STATES ROUTE SIXTY-TWO IN THE TOWN OF AMHERST, ERIE  COUNTY,
 CONTINUING  SOUTHERLY  ALONG UNITED STATES ROUTE SIXTY-TWO TO ITS INTER-
 SECTION WITH STATE ROUTE FIVE IN  THE  TOWN  OF  AMHERST,  ERIE  COUNTY,
 CONTINUING  WESTERLY ON STATE ROUTE FIVE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH MICHI-
 GAN AVENUE IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY, CONTINUING SOUTHERLY  ON
 MICHIGAN  AVENUE  TO  ITS  INTERSECTION  WITH  BROADWAY  IN  THE CITY OF
 BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY, CONTINUING WESTERLY  ON  BROADWAY  TO  ITS  INTER-
 SECTION  WITH  LAFAYETTE  SQUARE  IN  THE  CITY OF BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY,
 CONTINUING WESTERLY ON LAFAYETTE SQUARE TO ITS INTERSECTION  WITH  COURT
 STREET IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ERIE COUNTY, CONTINUING WESTERLY ON COURT
 STREET  TO  ITS INTERSECTION WITH NIAGARA SQUARE IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO,
 ERIE COUNTY, CONTINUING NORTHERLY ON NIAGARA SQUARE TO ITS  INTERSECTION
 WITH  STATE ROUTE THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, ERIE
 COUNTY, CONTINUING NORTHERLY ON STATE ROUTE THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR TO
 ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE ROUTE TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE IN THE CITY  OF
 NIAGARA  FALLS,  NIAGARA COUNTY, CONTINUING NORTHERLY ON STATE ROUTE TWO
 HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH STATE  ROUTE  THREE  HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-FOUR  IN  THE  CITY  OF NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA COUNTY, CONTINUING
 WESTERLY ON STATE ROUTE THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR  TO  ITS  INTERSECTION
 WITH  NIAGARA  STREET  IN  THE  CITY  OF  NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA COUNTY,
 CONTINUING WESTERLY ALONG NIAGARA STREET  UNTIL  ITS  INTERSECTION  WITH
 THIRD  STREET  IN  THE CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA COUNTY, CONTINUING
 NORTHERLY ON THIRD STREET UNTIL ITS INTERSECTION WITH  WHIRLPOOL  STREET
 IN  THE  CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA COUNTY, AND CONTINUING NORTHERLY
 ALONG WHIRLPOOL STREET TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH DEPOT AVENUE WEST IN THE
 CITY OF NIAGARA FALLS, NIAGARA COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.