Hakeem Jeffries said he is “open” to renaming the bridge. Williams boasted on the questionnaire that he voted against the Koch bridge renaming when he was a Brooklyn councilman. He was unable to be reached Friday by The Post. Chuck Schumer skipped the questionnaire query. Andrew Cuomo, who renamed the new Tappan Zee Bridge after his father, former three-term Gov. Hochul was referring to her predecessor, disgraced ex-Gov. New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli also responded to the questionnaire saying he’d support renaming the bridge. Hochul does not seek opportunities to rename bridges like some of her predecessors, though she would be supportive of the city’s efforts if a bill is introduced with community support,” her office said in the questionnaire. Kathy Hochul, dodged and finessed or didn’t answer the question on the questionnaire, either. Some other prominent pols, including Gov. “We do support renaming the bridge,” an AOC rep told The Post. Congresswoman Grace Meng wrote that she would “gladly consider” renaming the bridge in the questionnaire. Ocasio-Cortez was among those who didn’t answer the question on the lengthy questionnaire, but a rep said Friday that was an oversight.
“Boy, some people will do anything for an endorsement.” “What would Ed Koch say to this? He’d call them a bunch of wackos,” said former Koch Press Secretary George Arzt, repeating a trademark zinger often uttered by the former mayor. Councilmen Robert Holden praised former mayor Ed Koch and said that “cancel culture is out of control.” BRIGITTE STELZER One of his lovers who died was Jim Owles, whom the political club is named after.īut a former top Koch aide slammed the attack on his ex-boss - and said any pols buying into the claim were guilty of shameful pandering. “Ed Koch early on refused to recognize the AIDS crisis.” I hold Koch partially responsible,” he said. “Two of my lovers died in my arms from AIDS. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez initially did not answer the bridge question in the questionnaire, but an aide later clarified she supports renaming the bridge. Roskoff acknowledged to The Post on Friday that his case against Koch is personal. Then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council had renamed the span connecting Manhattan and Queens the “Ed Koch-Queensboro” bridge in 2011, about two years before the irreverent ex-mayor - who greeted New Yorkers with “How’m I doin’?” and referred to himself as “a liberal with sanity” - died.īut Roskoff says Koch was a closeted homosexual who didn’t do enough to advance gay civil rights, including during the AIDS crisis, and therefore doesn’t deserve the honor.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg named the bridge after former mayor Ed Koch in 2011. Carolyn Maloney, Grace Meng and Hakeem Jeffries Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson. Those signing onto the cancel-Koch cause along with AOC include state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli city Public Advocate and gubernatorial candidate Jumaane Williams Congressional Reps. “Do you authorize the use of your name for such a purpose?” the questionnaire adds, referring to whether the pol would be OK with his or her support being made public. The club has sent out a questionnaire to pols seeking its endorsement - and one of its queries asks, “In view of the fact that Ed Koch has been documented to have caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people with AIDS, and was blatantly racist, would you support a city bill to re-name the former Queensboro Bridge?” The push for the name change is being propelled by the Jim Owles LGBT Democratic Club, whose leader, Allen Roskoff, despised Koch for his belated response to the AIDS crisis. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez want to remove the name of the late ex- Mayor Ed Koch from the 59th Street Bridge - but foes are blasting the move as “cancel culture out of control.’’ Tense video shows man scaling cables of Brooklyn BridgeĪ slew of prominent “woke” Democratic politicians including Rep. Ukraine claims it has blown up bridge in ambush of Russian armored convoyĭesperate leap: Video shows partygoers jumping for their lives when bridge crushes boat
The longest glass-bottom bridge in the world has opened to tourists – but would you dare?