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Assembly GOP asks feds to investigate Mario Cuomo Bridge construction Request comes in response to Times Union's investigation of broken bolts FacebookTwitterEmail Defective bolts used in construction of the Gov Mario M. Cuomo Bridge during its assembly at the Port of Coeymans are displayed on Saturday, March 6, 2021, in Colonie. Some of the bolts would snap under the first stage of torquing. Many were delivered to the job site with cracks already visible in the heads. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron, Staff Photographer / Albany Times Union ALBANY — Members of the state Assembly Repu...

The Mario Cuomo Bridge, which replaced the rickety and heavily-trafficked Tappan Zee Bridge in 2017, has "structural safety" issues that could lead to its collapse, an Albany Times Union investigation found. Cuomo named the bridge after his father, who was New York's governor from 1983 to 1994. Snapping bolts that are supposed to pin down the bridge's suspension cables were the primary issue, the Times Union reported. The eight-month investigation also found that "Tappan Zee Constructors, the private corporation building the bridge for the state authority, may have committed fraud by conceali...

Andrew Cuomo has a new scandal, and it's the 'structural safety' of a bridge named after his father insider@insider.com (Jake Lahut) © Michael Loccisano/Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted the Mario Cuomo Bridge as an example of effective leadership on infrastructure. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images The bridge named after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's father has newly disclosed safety issues. A report from the Albany Times Union found that "structural issues" were known for years. Opened in 2017 at a cost of $3.9 billion, experts say the bridge could collapse. The ...

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