New York Assembly Bill A04789

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/6/25
• Refer: 2/6/25
• Refer: 1/7/26

Caption

Authorizes a study of the traffic conditions in the incorporated village of Cedarhurst and its immediate boundaries, thoroughfares, county and state roads.

Summary

This bill would direct the New York State Commissioner of Transportation, working with the Department of Motor Vehicles, Nassau County transportation officials, the Village of Cedarhurst, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee, local police, and other relevant stakeholders, to conduct a study of traffic conditions in and around the incorporated village of Cedarhurst. The study would cover the village’s immediate boundaries, thoroughfares, county roads, and state roads. The required study is broad enough to include traffic flow, roadway conditions, and evacuation routes in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. The bill is temporary: it takes effect immediately and automatically expires two years later, at which point it is repealed.

Impact

The bill does not itself change traffic rules, zoning, or roadway authority; instead, it creates a time-limited mandate for the Department of Transportation to study local traffic conditions and emergency evacuation routes in Cedarhurst and surrounding roadways. Its practical effect would be to generate findings that could inform future transportation, safety, or infrastructure decisions by state and local agencies. Because it expires after two years, it has no permanent statutory effect beyond the study requirement unless further legislation follows.

Sentiment

No committee transcript or vote record is available, so there is no direct evidence of support or opposition in the provided materials. Based on the bill’s narrow, local, and study-oriented purpose, it appears to be a technical or informational measure rather than a controversial policy change. The absence of recorded votes or discussion suggests no documented public debate in the materials provided.

Contention

The bill’s main substantive issue is the scope of the study and which agencies must participate, including state, county, village, and law-enforcement stakeholders. Potential points of concern could include the cost and usefulness of a study, or whether the study should address broader transportation planning versus immediate traffic and evacuation issues. However, no specific objections or opposing viewpoints are included in the record provided.