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Verrazano celebration mired in controversy

MTA executives and bridge supporters from Brooklyn and Staten Island gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the construction of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Friday. When the bridge opened in

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Nov 21, 2014, 10:00 PM

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