Sentences with phrase «zee bridge»

DiNapoli shouldn't «invest» one cent of MY MONEY in the Tappan Zee bridge replacement.

There are no specific plans to bring a cashless toll system to the upstate portions of the Thruway even though it now operates at the Tappan Zee Bridge between Rockland and Westchester counties, a Cuomo administration official told lawmakers.

Driscoll is joining the Thruway Authority at a key time, with the opening of the Tappan Zee Bridge this week.

Cuomo wants the state to send $ 1.3 billion to the Thruway Authority to prevent toll increases and help pay for the $ 3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge is getting a bit of glitz.

A lawsuit claims a former worker on the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project was paralyzed while on the job.

Thruway Executive Director Bob Megna's resignation to take a job at Stony Brook University follows closely on that of Brian Conybeare, the News 12 anchor whom Cuomo hired three years ago to be the public face of the $ 3.9 billion project to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge.

A new group is pushing for a rapid transit component on the Tappan Zee Bridge, despite confirmation in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget proposal that a new bridge will be less than want advocates want.

Farrell is having a park named after him, part of a broader bill approved this summer that also names the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge after Mario Cuomo and a stretch of highway in the Hudson Valley after Republican Sen. Bill Larkin.

The first half of the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement opened in August.

A crash that occurred on the new Tappan Zee Bridge (officially the Mario Cuomo Bridge) shouldn't be repeated in the future based on the plans to change its current configuration.

His tenure included the Thruway Authority taking the lead on the Tappan Zee bridge replacement project, but also saw a continued strain on its finances as it is operating with a $ 35 million deficit.

When the Tappan Zee Bridge was first renamed under Gov. Mario Cuomo's tenure, it was done so in honor of Gov. Malcolm Wilson.

A bill introduced on Tuesday by Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco would restore the Tappan Zee Bridge name on the soon - to - be-completed bridge spanning the Hudson River at Westchester and Rockland counties.

Asked if he would be willing to use the money to fund the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project, Cuomo wouldn't say.

The bill, however, would also keep the name of the late Gov. Mario Cuomo as well, naming the new bridge the Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

Riverkeeper is blasting a recently released federal review that concluded construction for a new Tappan Zee Bridge will not harm the river's sturgeon, an endangered species of prehistoric fish.

At 11:15 a.m., environmental, public interest and transportation advocates will call for the release of a final plan for the new Tappan Zee Bridge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, outside LCA offices, Albany.

Meanwhile, Heastie also said it was appropriate to name the Tappan Zee Bridge in honor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Gov. Cuomo has tapped his chief of staff Larry Schwartz, who has longstanding ties to Westchester County, to personally run the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project.

The Environmental Facilities Corp., which lends federal money for sewer plants and other clean - water projects, approved a $ 511 million loan to the Thruway Authority for 17 projects that are part of the building of a twin - span replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River.

Case in point: Since Cuomo's announcement in Staten Island, several elected officials in the Hudson Valley have renewed calls for Westchester and Rockland dwellers to get discounts on the new Tappan Zee Bridge when it's complete.

The bridge is commonly referred to as the Tappan Zee Bridge.

«When there was a discussion about the Tappan Zee Bridge, I tried to get the executive director of the Thruway Authority to tell me how they were financing the bridge and there were no answers,» DeFrancisco said.

The Thruway Authority is also leading the effort on the state's behalf to build a replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge, a multi-billion project whose final price tag is yet to be determined.

Farrell for his part, suggested the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge be named in honor of the governor's late father, Mario Cuomo.

A bill introduced Wednesday evening in the state Senate would rename the Tappan Zee Bridge after the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

With that system in place, the Tappan Zee Bridge became the state's first cashless tolling location.

«We've had a very successful four years in government,» Cuomo said at the Tappan Zee Bridge construction project.

The Tappan Zee Bridge is currently designated the Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, named for the former governor and lieutenant governor under Nelson Rockefeller.

A majority of suburban voters in Westchester and Rockland counties do not support re-naming the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo, a poll released Tuesday by an advocacy organization found.

Cuomo claimed a bill that would name the Tappan Zee Bridge after his late father was unusual because it passed without a single vote against it.

The Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge.

Nicole Gelinas says the disagreement over rapid bus transit on the reconstructed Tappan Zee Bridge is «a spat about nothing.»

The TU on what New York should do with its $ 4.2 billion in financial settlement cash: «Put some into the huge one - time expense of replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge — and perhaps make it better — and use the rest to create an endowment to boost long - term funding for education.»

Canal Corp. spokesman Shane Mahar downplayed the Tappan Zee Bridge cost as a reason for moving the canal to NYPA.

According to the New York State Thruway Authority, a crane is blocking both directions of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge is the perfect name for the bridge.

Authorizes the renaming or designation of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge as the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Tappan Zee Bridge

In a press briefing today, Governor Andrew Cuomo said there were 28 cranes operating today (July 19, 2016) on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The current toll on the existing Tappan Zee Bridge that spans the Hudson River connecting Westchester and Rockland counties is $ 5.

Cuomo's last - minute effort to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his late father failed in Albany this week after the Senate unanimously passed the measure, but the Assembly took a pass on passing it.

Cuomo's effort to name the Tappan Zee Bridge and its $ 3.9 billion replacement after his father is not being received warmly by some officials representing the communities the span connects, who are questioning the haste in which the current governor has tried to push it through.

The first cashless tolling point was implemented on the Tappan Zee Bridge in 2016.

Amnesty was announced earlier this month and was set to begin in February, as drivers complain the cashless tolling system across the new bridge, which went live in April 2016 when the Tappan Zee Bridge was still in use, has not been working as advertised.

«The Tappan Zee Bridge is a critical part of the Northeast's infrastructure and a vitally important link for New York's economy,» Silver, who was not present for the meeting, said in a statement.

In a blow to the Cuomo administration — and a big win for the environmental community — the EPA has rejected almost all of the controversial funding approved by the Environmental Facilities Corp. for projects related to building a new Tappan Zee Bridge, deeming them ineligble for funding from revolving loan fund intended to pay for clean water initiatives.

At the same time, Cuomo outlined the differences between Democrats and Republicans more broadly, returning once again to the theme of Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the Mexican border and the symbolism of the new Tappan Zee Bridge construction.

The Thruway Authority plays hardball with Assemblyman Tom Abinanti after he proposes his own Tappan Zee Bridge plan.

The Cuomo administration plans to select a team to build the new Tappan Zee Bridge this summer and begin construction this year.