In the first round of what is bound to be a longer battle over a $900-million bridge project payment claim, a state supreme court judge has partly rebuffed the design-build contractor's initial quest for a more rapid release of documents held by the New York State Thruway Authority.
The consortium, Tappan Zee Constructors, opened a pedestrian walkway June 15 on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. It is the final piece of a fixed-price project that replaced the aging Tappan Zee Bridge and opened the new bridge to vehicle traffic in 2018. The heavily used bridge crosses the Hudson River about 15 miles north of New York City.