Despite a petition with nearly 300,000 names and rare bipartisan support, an effort to change the name of the state's major suburban span has hit a dead end, again.
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Bill Introduced to Switch Name of Cuomo Bridge Back to Tappan Zee
Do you think the name of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge should be changed back to the Tappan Zee Bridge?
Rockland County lawmaker Mike Lawler told the Daily Voice, It s clear that we must restore the bridge s original, historical name. Lawler has introduced legislation to change the name of the bridge back to the Tappan Zee.
The area s history tells the story. The original name of the bridge was derived from the Tappan Native Americans. The Tappan was a Native American tribe who lived on the western bank of the Hudson River. The Zee is the Dutch word for sea who were among the first Europeans to settle in the Lower Hudson Valley.