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Cuomo has huge political stake in new Tappan Zee

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo walks down a

Photo credit: AP | New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo walks down a hallway at the Capitol building in Albany, N.Y. (Jan. 10, 2011)

The Cuomo administration's quest to build a new Tappan Zee Bridge may yet be dogged by concerns about financing and by pockets of opposition in the riverfront communities close to the construction site, but all of that is little more than background noise to the governor, political insiders say.

His own top lieutenants describe Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a man on a mission, where the bridge is concerned,...

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