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The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate
The Winner Is: Here's NY's New License Plate Click here for a related story: Push For New NY License Plates Sparks Backlash New York State license plates are getting a makeover, and this time, the state is left it up to residents to vote for their favorite design. The design that got the most votes that will become the state’s official license plate, becoming available to motorists in April 2020, is shown above. The new plate, showing images from throughout New York with text reading "EXCELSIOR," Latin for "ever upward," will replace the Empire Blue & White plates, the majority of which are more than a decade old. There were fiv…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Internet Abuzz With Speculation Cuomo Rigged New NY License Plate Contest Internet Abuzz With Speculation Cuomo Rigged New NY License Plate Contest
Internet Abuzz With Speculation Cuomo Rigged New NY License Plate Contest New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to come under fire for his new license plate design proposal, this time with Internet buzzing with speculation the whole thing is rigged. Last month, the governor announced that he was launching a statewide survey (which has since closed without results being announced) to allow New Yorkers to vote on the design of a new license plate, with each of the five proposals featured Empire State landmarks. One of the plates features the new Tappan Zee Bridge, whose official name, Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, was pushed through by the governor to honor his late fath…

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by Zak Failla