NY Senate OKs bill that would fix spelling in name of Verrazano Bridge

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Thursday, June 7, 2018
NY State Senate approves bill to correct spelling of Verrazano bridge
NY State Senate approves bill to correct spelling of Verrazano bridgeThe bridge has been using the wrong spelling for decades.

NEW YORK -- 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 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.

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