Push to remove Cuomo name, restore Tappan Zee Bridge gets new life with Dem’s supportBy Zach Williams
February 20, 2023
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.
“Anytime by June 8 would be great,” Skoufis said of his timetable to move the bill through the legislative works.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/02/20/democrat-pushes-bill-to-restore-tappan-zee-name-to-hudson-river-bridge/
