Assembly Dems block bill to rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the beloved ‘Tappan Zee Bridge’

[Kamaji]

Assembly Dems block bill to rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the beloved ‘Tappan Zee Bridge’

By Zach Williams
April 25, 2023

ALBANY – A bipartisan bill to rename the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge the Tappan Zee Bridge bit the dust in the state Assembly on Tuesday.

“I am disappointed that the bill did not make it out of committee,” Assemblyman John McGowan (R-Rockland) told The Post after Transportation Committee Democrats voted to hold the bill.

The vote marks the second time in two years that Assembly Democrats have blocked the legislation — despite the apparent popularity of ditching the Cuomo name.

Disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo reportedly strong-armed state lawmakers in 2017 into naming the new trans-Hudson River bridge replacing the beloved Tappan Zee after his father, a liberal lion who served three terms as governor in the 1980s and 1990s.

“The residents of Rockland did not have an opportunity to weigh in when the bridge was renamed initially and again, have been denied the opportunity to allow a full debate on the floor of the Assembly,” McGowan lamented Tuesday.

*  *  *

Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/04/25/assembly-dems-block-bill-to-restore-tappan-zee-bridge-name/

[Kamaji]

That's a shame.

[Fishrrman]

Ran a lot of freight trains under the original Tappan Zee Bridge, and drove over it enough times, as well.

I've never been over the new one.
Probably never will.

[andy58-in-nh]

Changing the names of streets and landmarks for purely political reasons is never truly popular.

Even in New York City, people refer to 6th Avenue, not "Avenue of the Americas". Whaddaya, kiddin' me? You from outta town?

My family members in that area still refer to the bridge as the "Tappan Zee".
 
Even if it's sentimental, it rarely sticks: in Florida, "Cape Kennedy" reverted back to Cape Canaveral within a couple of decades.

In time, Leningrad once again became St. Petersburg.

Older people who live in "Ho Chi Minh City" still call it Saigon. In private, of course.

I'm hoping that Istanbul will one day be called "Constantinople" again. But for the past 570 years or so... that's too dangerous.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The eyesore that is the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is not worthy of being named, Tappan Zee Bridge.

The Tappen Zee Bridge was a post-war utilitarian bridge, with great views of the Tappan Zee.

The Mario M. Cuomo Bridge is a contemporary post-modern civil engineering abomination.

[Kamaji]

Changing the names of streets and landmarks for purely political reasons is never truly popular.

Even in New York City, people refer to 6th Avenue, not "Avenue of the Americas". Whaddaya, kiddin' me? You from outta town?

My family members in that area still refer to the bridge as the "Tappan Zee".
 
Even if it's sentimental, it rarely sticks: in Florida, "Cape Kennedy" reverted back to Cape Canaveral within a couple of decades.

In time, Leningrad once again became St. Petersburg.

Older people who live in "Ho Chi Minh City" still call it Saigon. In private, of course.

I'm hoping that Istanbul will one day be called "Constantinople" again. But for the past 570 years or so... that's too dangerous.

It'll always be the Tappan Zee to me.