---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the port authority of New York to conduct a study on the alignment of the Outerbridge Crossing"
description: "Requires the port authority of New York to conduct a study on the alignment of the Outerbridge Crossing in order to determine what steps would need to be taken in order to widen the bridge and increase traffic flow."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4981"
citation: "New York S 4981 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0a67175-df27-442c-9fa2-0bad89c82785"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4981"
source_hash: "ae16ebd0762f1645b1f3af20791572733689ee048f12f0c4cf2a4db94715ff9a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 4981 (2021-2022) — Requires the port authority of New York to conduct a study on the alignment of the Outerbridge Crossing

Requires the port authority of New York to conduct a study on the alignment of the Outerbridge Crossing in order to determine what steps would need to be taken in order to widen the bridge and increase traffic flow.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S4981** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4981&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LANZA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-22** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1488
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5095
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.758
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.674 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0a67175-df27-442c-9fa2-0bad89c82785`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).