Great news! Unbelievably... one of the bills passed!! In the senate!! To put Tappan Zee back on the bridge!! We have a lot more work to do to capitalize on this! Let’s get started: Now, when you read the attached article (https://articles.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/06/defranciscos_parting_shot_at_governor_renaming_gov_mario_m_cuomo_bridge.amp) you will see that the democrat controlled assembly has no plans to pass the bill. But... it doesn’t matter. The pressure is growing constantly. And we cannot let up over the summer. Your next battle move: please call Senator DeFrancisco’s office and THANK HIM for his bill and for getting it passed: tel:(518)-455-3511. ASK HIM what they think our next steps are to keep the issue alive over the summer. Then TELL US what they say. Our email is saveourtappanzee@gmail.com Our next battle move: we are putting together a summer plan to use this great victory to keep our issue alive. The petition is almost at 111,000 signatures! Let’s all try to get it to 120,000 by end of summer! Please share this news article with friends and ask them to sign the petition. If the petition numbers keep growing, the issue WILL stay alive until the new session begins this fall! Finally: THANK YOU. To each and every one of you from the entire team here at SOTZ: me, Jimmy, Cherish, Marlene, Clifton, and Christopher. We would never have gotten this far without all of your phone calls. And... if you haven’t yet made phone calls, today is the day to start. First call Senator DeFrancisco to thank him and ask for advice: tel:(518)-455-3511 Then, call Governor Cuomo and tell him the Senate bill success shows that the bill NEEDS to be voted on in the assembly! Stress that it’s the right thing to do: tel:518-474-8390 Then call Speaker Heastie and tell him the same. tel:518-455-3791 Next, call Assemblyman Kevin Byrne (who is on our side) and tell him you INSIST that his compromise assembly bill be reintroduced in the fall: tel:518-455-5783 MOST IMPORTANTLY, tell everyone that the signs may NOT change over the summer while this is still an issue. We need to be sure this doesn’t happen. Oh. And I just found this. It’s a Freedom of Information Act form for the Governor. Fill it out. Ask three things: 1) you want confirmation that the signs will not be removed over the legislative recess and not until the bill gets a vote in the assembly, 2) ask how much money will be wasted on replacing the signs, and 3) ask when a vote will happen in the assembly to give the people a say in the bridge renaming? I think legally they MUST send you a response!! Maybe? Let’s give it a try: https://www.governor.ny.gov/freedom-information-law-foil-requests Great work team! Onward!! -Monroe Mann PS PLEASE FORWARDTHE ARTICLE TO ALL MEDIA. We need the public to know about this!!!