The New York state Senate has unanimously passed a bill that would correct the spelling of a bridge that has been wrong for over 50 years.
New York City’s Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is spelled with one “Z.” It should have two “Z’s” for Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, who discovered New York Harbor in 1524. The Staten Island Advance reports a Senate bill aimed at fixing the spelling passed 61-0 on Wednesday.
The bill has been sent to the Assembly, where it must pass a vote before heading to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) for consideration. A previous bill stalled in the Assembly earlier this year.
A statue of Verrazzano in lower Manhattan includes the two “Z’s,” as does a bridge over Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
(AP)
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Glad to see the NY Senate accomplishing something!
That’s all nice and sweet, but how much will this cost US the dumb stupid guillibe taxpayers???
Maybe they should change the prices also!
I thought it got its name because during the planning board’s meeting in the park by Denyse Wharf to name the bridge, they overheard a Russian mother who was searching for her son named Ono. (Ver iz Ono??!!!)
To HiSwill18: Never suggest a change in prices to a government authority. The price will only go up.
To NGI: you raise a good point. But signs have to be replaced as they wear out, and the replacements could contain the corrrections.
I guess they have nothing better to do
Will they need to increase taxes, tolls or both to accomplish this? Will it be a “temporary” tax that gets extended for decades?
ITS PROBABLY GONNA COST 2 MILLION DOLLARS LIKE THE18TH AVENUE PARKS BATHROOMS THAT COSTED $2 MILLION