27 April 2021: NY Senate Committee Investigating Cuomo Bridge Scandal

State Senate pursues probe of Mario M. Cuomo Bridge project

A committee in the NY state senate is investigating the ineffective oversight of the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo related to the use of defective bolts in the construction of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, named after his father.

The state Senate's Committee on Investigations and Government Operations on Monday confirmed that it began reviewing documents on the construction of the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge following a March 7 Times Union story that raised questions about the state's investigations into allegations the company that built the twin span had concealed from inspectors that bolts holding the structure together were breaking.

This particular probe is of interest because it mirrors aspects of the Cuomo administration's COVID nursing home deaths scandals, including the its concealment of the full extent of the problem and its stonewalling efforts to probe into the scandal.