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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 5178: Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 5178 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requires certain public authorities to develop a feasibility study to promote bicycle and pedestrian access on bridges. Primary sponsor: Leroy Comrie (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 12, 2026): PRINT NUMBER 5178A.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Leroy ComriePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Pat FahyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. PRINT NUMBER 5178A
  2. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION
  3. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
  4. REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source