Gov. Cuomo Announces Debut of Highway Workers Memorial

Governor Cuomo announced a new memorial is being built to honor fallen highway workers across New York. The memorial will be located near the midway entrance and west of the Horticulture Building on the fairgrounds. The memorial is meant to honor all transportation workers killed while performing their job duties on or near New York’s thousands of miles of highways, including State Department of Transportation and Thruway Authority employees, municipal highway workers, contractors, consultants and towing service employees.