Sentences with phrase «bridge after my father»

There had long been speculation that Governor Cuomo might want to name the new bridge after his father.

On Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo blamed an advocacy group connected to conservative investor Robert Mercer for being behind a petition that supports rejecting naming the replacement for the Tappan Zee Bridge after his father, the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

«I don't know that I want to name a bridge after my father when they're going to charge $ 20 to get over it,» said Republican Sen. John DeFrancisco, a critic of the current governor, who also praised Mario Cuomo as a «classy individual» who he disagreed with at times.

This article discusses Governor Cuomo's use of a «message of necessity,» which bypasses the three day waiting period between the introduction of a bill and when it can be voted on, in order to rename the Tappan Zee bridge after his father.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo's move to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his father is not going over well with those who live close to the span, a new poll revealed.

Gov. Cuomo's plans to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his father are not exactly popular with those polled.

Not exact matches

After grad school, I set out to create my own version of my father's bridge.

Cuomo's signature public works project, a $ 4 billion bridge to be named after his father, is about to begin carrying commuters across the Hudson River in the New York City suburbs.

The governor did get an item personally close to him: the ability to re-name the Tappan Zee Bridge after his late father.

Philip Mark Plotch, an assistant professor at St. Peter's University in Jersey City who wrote a book about the bridge, said it was a «sweet gesture» for Mr. Cuomo to try to name it after his father, though he would prefer a more geography - centric name like the Lower Hudson Valley Bbridge, said it was a «sweet gesture» for Mr. Cuomo to try to name it after his father, though he would prefer a more geography - centric name like the Lower Hudson Valley BridgeBridge.

With the governor spearheading construction of the massive, nearly $ 4 billion replacement bridge currently rising over the Hudson River, there had long been speculation that Mr. Cuomo might want to name it after his father, who died in 2015.

At that, the new Tappan Zee Bridge, which is actually already named after former Governor Malcolm Wilson, will be renamed for another politician — none other than Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York and father to current governor Andrew.

It was another late - night surprise in Albany: a bill to rename the new Tappan Zee Bridge after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's father.

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino in a radio interview Wednesday roundly criticized the naming of the new Tappan Zee Bridge after the late father of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, calling the move «despicable» and «the highest form of ego.»

Cuomo made the remarks while speaking with reporters on a tour of the new bridge named after his late father in Tarrytown, New York.

A poll out from McLaughlin and Associates pollsters sponsored by the Reclaim NY Initiative has found that among 400 residents of Westchester and Rockland counties, just under 15 percent approved of naming the new bridge after Cuomo's father, Mario Cuomo.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- Gov. Andrew Cuomo's last - minute effort to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his late father failed in Albany this week.

The Legislature in July last year backed legislation that would name the new bridge in honor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's father, while also approving legislation to name a park after former Assemblyman Denny Farrell and stretch of highway after Sen. Bill Larkin.

Reclaim New York has criticized Cuomo for supporting the bridge being named after his father and has seized on the petition, which has more than 70,000 signatures.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday in Sullivan County blamed an government advocacy group for a petition that opposes naming a new bridge spanning the Hudson River after his father, the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature public works project, a $ 4 billion bridge to be named after his father, is about to begin carrying commuters across the Hudson River in New York City suburbs.

A bill in the state legislature to name it the Mario Cuomo Bridge after the late governor and father of current Governor Andrew Cuomo, was slipped into a special -LSB-...]

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.

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 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 telephone poll of voters in the northern suburbs assessed support for naming the bridge after the late father of the incumbent governor, Andrew Cuomo, at 33 percent, with nearly 54 percent disapproving.

«If you asked him the question, he would say, «I don't want a bridge named after me,»» Cuomo said of his father.

Before de Blasio became mayor, but after it became clear that he would, Moskowitz — who has inspired fervent loyalty among the mothers and fathers of her students — mustered a show of force, helping to organize a 17,000 - person march of parents, children and staff on the Brooklyn Bridge.

The new Tappan Zee Bridge is set to be named after Gov. Cuomo's father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, under an agreement reached late Wednesday night.

ALBANY — When he opened the first span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge in August, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he wanted to hold a separate ceremony sometime in 2018 to celebrate the naming of this signature achievement of his administration after his late father.

On other issues, 47 % oppose the decision to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after Cuomo's father, the late three - term Gov. Mario Cuomo, while just 37 % support the idea.

Kolb, the Assembly minority leader, pointed to his opposition to the new bridge being named after the current governor's father when listing a litany of policy measures where he's broken with Cuomo.

The bridge was named after the governor's father in a bill that also named a stretch of highway after Sen. Bill Larkin and a park after former Assemblyman Denny Farrell.

The poll indicates New Yorkers are split over renaming the new Tappan Zee Bridge after Cuomo's father, the late Gov. Mario Cuomo.

«That means all of upstate that uses the Thruway is going to be paying for the Tappan Zee Bridge, something he has not wanted to disclose for the bridge he is naming after his father,» CoxBridge, something he has not wanted to disclose for the bridge he is naming after his father,» Coxbridge he is naming after his father,» Cox said.

Gov. Cuomo proposed a bill Wednesday night that would instead name the bridge after his late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo

I'm not a big Andrew Cuomo fan — his father Mario was more tolerable — but the Assembly's refusing to rename the new Tappan Zee Bridge after the late governor was something more than a slap in the face, especially after a Republican Senate approved the measure.

The bill, dubbed the «mini ugly,» also renames the Thruway's Tappan Zee Bridge after Cuomo's late father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

In turn, Assembly Democrats held up the naming of the old Malcolm Wilson Bridge in Tarrytown after the governor's late father for a few days, just to show him who's boss.

Some videos, like one criticizing the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge after Governor Andrew Cuomo's father, have been viewed thousands of times.

Cuomo made the remarks while speaking with reporters on a tour of the new bridge named after his late father in Tarrytown, N.Y.

The new Tappan Zee bridge — the largest current infrastructure project in the country and the first new major bridge built in New York in decades — will be named the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the governor's late father, former three - term Gov. Mario bridge — the largest current infrastructure project in the country and the first new major bridge built in New York in decades — will be named the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the governor's late father, former three - term Gov. Mario bridge built in New York in decades — will be named the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the governor's late father, former three - term Gov. Mario Bridge after the governor's late father, former three - term Gov. Mario Cuomo.

Though Cuomo recently said his father would bristle at the idea of having a bridge named after him, he said on Thursday that «today my father does smile down on us for we together have dared to dream once again.

ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo Thursday morning celebrated the opening of the first span of the new Tappan Zee Bridge that will be named after his father.

There's something about «The Master» that suggests the Terrence Malick of «Days of Heaven» and «Tree of Life,» too — not so much the father - son stuff, but the luminous images (the recurring image of churning, Caribbean - blue waters from the back of a ship; a lighted boat passing under the Golden Gate bridge after sunset) and the impressionistic storytelling approach.

Overshadowed by his brilliant but abusive father, Washington came into his own after his father, John Roebling, died early in the Brooklyn Bridge's construction.