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Thousands sign petition to change Cuomo Bridge back to Tappan Zee
By Kirstan Conley and Natalie Musumeci | November 13, 2017 | 1:26pm | Updated
https://nypost.com/2017/11/13/thousands-sign-petition-to-change-cuomo-bridge-back-to-tappan-zee/



Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement, the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.
AP

A protest petition has been started to change the name of the new Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge to the Hudson River crossing’s old moniker, the Tappan Zee — and it has already picked up more than 41,000 signatures.

As of Monday morning, thousands of people had signed the Change.org petition entitled, “Return the Cuomo Bridge its original name: The Tappan Zee. That bridge is our history.”

The newly opened $4 billion span, controversially named after Gov. Cuomo’s late three-time Democratic governor dad, was built alongside the old Tappan Zee Bridge between Westchester and Rockland counties to replace the aged cross-over. The Tappan Zee is now being dismantled.

The state Assembly passed last-minute legislation to name the 3.2-mile-long new bridge over the summer. The “Tappan Zee” name had honored the Native American Tappan tribe and early Dutch settlers.

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Suppressed:
From Tappan Zee to Crappan He.

There's now, as of December 1, a fundraiser for this fight.  Please consider signing the petition here:
https://www.change.org/p/the-ny-state-legislature-return-the-tappan-zee-name-to-those-who-rightfully-deserve-it-the-indians-and-dutch

Oceander:
Signed it

Gefn:

--- Quote from: Oceander on December 11, 2017, 06:48:40 pm ---Signed it

--- End quote ---

Me too.

@Oceander , I think Bob Grant just rolled over in his grave

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