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Push to remove Cuomo name, restore Tappan Zee Bridge gets new life with Dem’s support
New York Post ^ | February 21 2023 | Zach Williams

Posted on 02/22/2023 12:42:27 AM PST by Mr_Moonlight

A Hudson Valley Democrat wants to push the late former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo off his bridge — or at least the Cuomo name.

“Everyone in the Hudson Valley still calls the bridge the Tappan Zee for a reason,” state Sen. James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) told The Post of the span completed in 2018. “It’s the rightful name.”

Skoufis is adding his political muscle to a three-year-old legislative push by becoming the main sponsor of a bill to rename the bridge connecting Rockland and Westchester counties after two years in which GOP-led efforts went nowhere in a state Legislature dominated by Democratic supermajorities.

The name change would take effect immediately upon the bill passing the state Senate and Assembly — which Skoufis hopes to accomplish before the regular legislative session ends this June — and getting signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: History; Local News
KEYWORDS: cuomo; tappenzee
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Man, Fredo's elder brother must've pissed off a whole lotta Dems for this to be happening in deep blue New York State .....
1 posted on 02/22/2023 12:42:27 AM PST by Mr_Moonlight
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Now if we could only get RFK off the Triboro Bridge ... RFK being a 1/2 term NY Senator and carpetbagger from Massachusetts


2 posted on 02/22/2023 12:48:24 AM PST by Mr_Moonlight (Ich bin ein Irredeemable Deplorable)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Someone has something on him bigtime...


3 posted on 02/22/2023 12:56:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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Geez, how many slaves did he own?
4 posted on 02/22/2023 1:25:41 AM PST by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: Mr_Moonlight

I remember crossing the original Tappan Zee bridge on trips to Florida... Tappan Zee sounds better... Cuomo sounds... Creepy! And apparently nobody calls it that regardless of the name change.


5 posted on 02/22/2023 1:49:19 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

BTTT


6 posted on 02/22/2023 1:56:16 AM PST by nopardons
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To: Sacajaweau

Not sure about that... the renaming of the Tappan Zee was objectionable from the get-go. Guessing the majority wants a return to the norm... in this case.


7 posted on 02/22/2023 2:17:17 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: jerod

Let’s be real.. it will likely become the Martin Luther King Jr Bridge.


8 posted on 02/22/2023 2:19:32 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Mr_Moonlight

And Ed Koch of the Queensboro.


9 posted on 02/22/2023 2:56:53 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America!)
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To: All

Leave the Crappen Pee alone..


10 posted on 02/22/2023 3:02:02 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

We all call it the Tappan Zee anyway.

Il Duce II be darned.


11 posted on 02/22/2023 3:04:25 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight

If we’re so Deep Blue, why does NYC now have RCV for mayorals, hmmm...? 🤔


12 posted on 02/22/2023 3:05:27 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: mewzilla

OK, do you honestly think Princess Kathy will undo Prince Andrew’s middle finger to all of dose conservatives in GnuYak for which dere’s no place for in da Empire? Not a chance.


13 posted on 02/22/2023 3:49:09 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Yeah, seeing as how his old man was partnered with, and man his fortune by, the mafia, we need to erase the Kennedy name. Period.


14 posted on 02/22/2023 4:47:31 AM PST by LouAvul (Daniel 4:17: "..the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.." )
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To: Mr_Moonlight

Never stopped calling it the Tappan Zee and I’d continue to do so even if it was renamed the Trump Bridge. Renaming public works structures for politicians is crass.


15 posted on 02/22/2023 4:59:21 AM PST by SamAdams76 (4,895,899 Truth | 87,656,930 Twitter)
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To: newnhdad

I was stuck in traffic on that bridge one morning after spending a weekend at Sterling Forest in NJ.

I was able to last and make the first exit after the eastbound tolls. The Crapandpee nearly lived up to its name.


16 posted on 02/22/2023 5:02:10 AM PST by CTyank
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To: newnhdad

I was stuck in traffic on that bridge one morning after spending a weekend at Sterling Forest in NJ.

I was able to last and make the first exit after the eastbound tolls. The Crapandpee nearly lived up to its name.


17 posted on 02/22/2023 5:02:14 AM PST by CTyank
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To: newnhdad

I was stuck in traffic on that bridge one morning after spending a weekend at Sterling Forest in NJ.

I was able to last and make the first exit after the eastbound tolls. The Crapandpee nearly lived up to its name.


18 posted on 02/22/2023 5:02:19 AM PST by CTyank
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To: newnhdad

I was stuck in traffic on that bridge one morning after spending a weekend at Sterling Forest in NJ.

I was able to last and make the first exit after the eastbound tolls. The Crapandpee nearly lived up to its name.


19 posted on 02/22/2023 5:02:22 AM PST by CTyank
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To: CTyank

Apologies for the duplicates.

The android is acting up this morning.


20 posted on 02/22/2023 5:04:42 AM PST by CTyank
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