[mattynice]

Is this really a classic example when the article states:

The alternative plan was recommended by a panel of experts convened by Mr. Cuomo, who called the new design a “major breakthrough’’ that had been used in Europe but had not been tried in this country.

“What these people have designed is the first of its kind in the United States of America,’’ said the governor who was joined by the engineering experts who had come up with the plan.