Save Our Tappan Zee, Inc. and fellow travelers, including the Rockland County Times own ombudsman, Dr. Louis Alpert, dropped a petition in Albany last week representing over 110,000 Hudson Valley residents who want to see the Tappan Zee name preserved in the name of the new bridge span. Despite the movement’s widespread public support, the […]
Last August Governor Andrew Cuomo forced through legislation renaming the bridge that connects Tarrytown and South Nyack after his own father and removing the historic name “Tappan Zee” – a reference to the Dutch and Native Americans who lived in the area hundreds of years ago. The perceived act of vanity, media reports of his obsession with having the bridge named after […]
