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Cuomo aide meets homeowners about Tappan Zee issues

Workers continue early construction of pilings, from barges,

Photo credit: Rory Glaeseman | Workers continue early construction of pilings, from barges, just north of the Tappan Zee Bridge crossing from Westchester to Rockland County, in background. These pilings allowed proposers to conduct demonstrations of boring to ascertain the composition of the riverbed and a pile-driving project that will determine the load capacity of seven locations in the future path of the bridge. The pile-driving demonstration project was the first physical preparatory work for the new Tappan Zee Bridge. (March 13, 2012)

Homeowners who fear that new Tappan Zee Bridge construction will decrease their property values say they are pinning their hopes for help on private meetings Wednesday evening with Larry Schwartz, a top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

The sit-downs are a follow-up to the initial airing of their concerns during the June 29 Town Hall Meeting sponsored by Newsday and News12 on the $5.2 billion...

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