sentences:  NY 53 was renumbered to NY 223 as part of the 1930 renumbering of state highways in New York.NY 223 was truncated to its junction with NY 224 northwest of Van Etten in the early 1950s.The former routing of NY 223 southeastward to Van Etten became an extension of NY 224 while the Spencer–Candor portion became a realignment of NY 96.