New York

Council Member Peter F. Vallone Jr. has begun drafting legislation which would return the Ed Koch Queensboro  Bridge back to its original name – the Queensboro Bridge.

The bill would also rename the Manhattan Municipal Building, located at 1 Centre Street, as the Ed Koch  Manhattan Municipal Building, which was the compromise Vallone proposed before the bridge’s name was changed.
Despite overwhelming opposition from the residents of Queens, the City changed the bridge’s name in 2011.
Vallone, who led the fight against the renaming, was one of only 12 Council Members to vote against it. *“A landmark so closely linked to the history of our borough should never be renamed after anyone,” *said
Council Member Vallone.* “The people of Queens have spoken, and they want their bridge back. Manhattan had no  right to take the Queensboro Bridge away in the first place – I am just trying to correct this injustice.”

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