Koch sounds more like the name of a popular cola brand… Also sounds short of Cocaine..

I agree with everyone else. They should not change the name of the bridge! It is the Queens Borough Bridge. Period! Don’t these politicians CARE what the people want? Nope, they just want to win points with Bloomberg in case he decides to throw them some money. What an absolute shame how corrupt our politicians have become. This is a perfect example why we should not allow so much wealth to concentrate in one person’s hands. Also, why the Queens Borough Bridge? I am so upset!

The people no longer have any right to decide on any matters that concern them. Government was established to represent the peoples opinions and voices; that WAS one of the more critical factors when implementing a Democratic Government within our nation. Judging by this matter alone it is evident that in the end it doesn’t matter what the people of New York want; what matters is what our Billionaire Mayor wants. He wanted to illegally change the law to allow himself another run at Mayor…he did so. He wanted to rename an iconic bridge, even though the majority of New Yorkers are and were against this, he achieved his goal. Meanwhile we want jobs, we want to survive in this brutal economy. Teachers are being fired, schools shut down, other schools are becoming more and more overcrowded as a result. A person has to give up about 30-40 percent of their earnings to taxes….for what? Oh I know for what…for the Mayor to rename this famous bridge!

Mr.Mayor, We all New Yorkers knows very well that you have to do what you have to do. It would be nice to give this great New york land mark a sweet name like BLOOM BRIDGE ” rather than KOCH BRIDGE. Koch Bridge will change nothing like we did in the past with Triboro Bridge to RFK BRIDGE.

More Zionist renaming landmarks in their conquered land.

Mayor Bloomberg thinks nothing of spending a few million dollars, if not tens of millions of taxpayers dough, not raise taxes on the rich, to change placards, inscriptions, hire designers, change all literature, all promo materials about the city, having a ceremony at taxpayer expenses etc., to rename a bridge against the citizen’s wishes.
We must find out who voted for this and have recall elections. We are laying of teachers and closing senior centers. Now let’s see, ten million dollars could spare around 200 teachers from layoffs. And maybe half of the senior centers closing could be spared.
City council must be getting a huge kickback. They are as bad as Pharoah Bucksberg.

Amazing how Bloomy cries that there’s no money! NO MONEY, NO MONEY, NO MONEY! Well you crying shrieker, you have no money but you and the city council have the MONEY to waste on renaming a bridge for Ed Crotch? And changing every overhead highway sign? Where’s the MONEY? HUH? Where is it????

We’re going to lay off TEACHERS because we have NO MONEY!!! But I have PLENTY OF MONEY TO RENAME A BRIDGE after EDDIE CROTCH!

What a bunch of arrogant PINHEADS!

The Edward I. Koch Municipal Building has a better sound to it.

Kochpucker bridge?

Koch singlehandedly gave this city to his friends
the building developers,he cut out renters rights for
the working poor ,I wont be calling the 59th St. bridge after
this Narcissist and egomaniac.
I cannot wait to P on his grave and even that he invited
the TV networks to visit ,

Bloomberg always has his own agenda, and it clearly never represents what New Yorkers want. Leave the name alone!!! Why is he spending time and (our) money on these issues?

I am saddened by the audacity of this mayor. He’s just puffing up his little chest, and going around changing the city ala Bloomberg. Its amazing he hasnt named something after himself. So arrogant.

Stop renaming our landmarks, stop wasting our hard earned money, and start doing your jobs!

Koch was part of a series of very sorry majors of New York City. He pretended to be on the side of the poor, however destroyed the city’s tax basis by handing out breaks to the rich. He was a smooth talker and a skillful politician, but his accomplishment for this city should not qualify for naming a bridge after him.

Leave the bridge alone, as a matter of fact they should rename the RFK back to the Triboro. Leave our icons alone dammit! smokersodysseycom

No to the Koch bridge, and it’s still the Interboro Parkway too

Bloomberg is a self absorbed a$$hole. Who wants to change or bend any and every law to his benefit.

My fellow Newyorkers, I’m back. I’ve lived in Elmhurst for 36 years. I love Queens. I love our city of New York. Queensboro Bridge has been part of my life every single day I went to work in Manhattan. On 9.11 I saw the twin towers burning, from the bus in the middle of Queensboro Bridge. Our beloved bridge has been part of the life of so many. THERE’RE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU DON’T TOUCH. Don’t fix it, if it’s not broken. If they want to honor Mayor Koch, fine, but do it some other way. Our city is hurting, there’re other priorities. Urgent priorities. If they go ahead with this nonsense, personally, to me “Koch Bridge” will be a label of stupidity! These are hard times. Our city authorities shouldn’t waste time and tax payers money on “Koch Bridge.”

It’s the Queenboro bridge, it’s that simple. When people are driving on the Manhattan side we call it the 59th simply because we want to remember what street to use to get onto the bridge, but, we all know it’s the Queensboro and that’s the name it should keep. Sorry, Ed did not do anything amazing for the city, neither did Bloomberg.

This is the same city council that banned smoking on the beach. I think we should name the Empire State Building after Koch. People are just beginning to realize the voting for the man that bought your vote was not such a good idea. New Yorkers are STUPID. So what can anyone say. This is the man that puts up bike lanes in an already congested city to spank people for not voting for his congestion plan. How funny.

Municipal workers are losing their jobs in these hard economic times and now there is a vote on spending tax payers money to change the name of the Queensboro Bridge? Mr. Bloomberg may have bought his 3rd term as mayor but if the City Council allows him to have his way to rename this bridge we are all in a worse state of affairs than I thought. Why do politicians think they should be honored after they serve their terms? Shouldn’t the honor be that they were elected to their positions and served the people? Such enormous egos … how do they see the forest from the trees?

Wilma
I personally feel the same as everyone, leave the name of the Bridge as is for the longest time since it belongs to Queens and I think they should concentrate more on NYC streets that are destroyed.

I agree with Silvia, 100%!!

you are right Silvia, what the city council should better do with they time and our tax dollars is to get ready of all the crooks within, read the Daily News, they should all be put in jail starting with speaker, she is the worst crook of the all

doesn’t matter what name it changes to, i will still be calling it the Queens Borough Bridge. And not to mention that i live in Queens.

LEAVE THE BRIDGE ALONE!!! DON’T YOU PEOPLE HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO DO WITH YOUR TIME AND TAX PAYERS MONEY? QUEENSBORO BRIDGE IS QUENSBORO BRIDGE. AND WILL ALWAYS BE. LEAVE IT ALONE. DO YOU THING THAT PEOPLE WILL START CALLING IT “KOCH BRIDGE”? BESIDES, IT SOUNDS HORRIBLE. DO SOMETHING MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR OUR CITY.