Posted on 06/10/2025 8:41:03 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The lights have finally gone out on this project.
In an extraordinary fire sale, the state Power Authority is auctioning off a huge storehouse of unused decorative bridge lights — which were supposed to be part of a $106 million project to brighten up the city’s spans by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but which never got installed.
With a minimum bid of just $25, the lights are only expected to fetch pennies on the dollar — and leave the state out a massive amount of cash for the failed lighting project, officials told The Post of the sale, which was was first reported by Politico.
Cuomo announced the “New York Harbor Crossings Project” in 2017, which was supposed to slap multi-colored light fixtures on all nine MTA bridges and tunnels, along with the Port Authority’s Hudson River crossings and the Thruway Authority’s Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.
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Did I guess that right?
Guess we know why Hochel gigged motorists who use the bridge. It isn’t ‘congestion’.
To pay for decorative lights never installed.
Democrats could **** up a wet dream.
I’d rather see an audit of all those respirators NY “desperately” needed and had to have back in 2020. Where are they now? My guess is they got tossed for much the same reason they are selling these lights. Storage and maintenance costs.
A true investigative reporter would do a little digging, and find out exactly who sold those decorative bridge lights to New York State. That would be interesting to know.
Maybe it was a totally legit sale. Or maybe the vendor was a big Cuomo donor.
But I guess there aren’t any true investigative reporters left.
I’m not defending Cuomo, but it’s suspicious timing for them to finally get their act together on the inventory with the primary coming up.
BTTT
“multi-colored light fixtures”
I am going to guess this is code for Pride Rainbow colored lights. Probably for a Pride Month display that got cancelled.
That’s the beauty of incompetent governance — it’s easier to hide the corruption.
I’m sure Cuomo and his buddies all made out like champs on the initial purchases.
Ah, the real reason. Cuomo is dangerous to the health of NY and New Yorkers.
Do these lights have some special attraction for ferrys and tug boats and barges and sail boats?
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