A person jumped from the southbound span of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in Greenburgh early Monday morning, triggering a multi-agency search of the Hudson River that stretched from Tarrytown into Rockland County. New York State Police in Tarrytown responded after a call came in around 2:20 a.m. reporting the jump near mile marker 14.1 on the bridge's southbound side.
The call placed the incident on the span connecting Rockland and Westchester counties, according to Mid Hudson News, which reported that police were investigating a report of a person who had jumped from the bridge over the river. The outlet noted the call came in at 2:20 a.m. with the person reported to have jumped from the southbound span in the Town of Greenburgh. As of Monday, authorities had not released whether the person was located, and the Newport Dispatch reported the investigation remained ongoing.
Search efforts drew in agencies from both sides of the river. The State Police Underwater Recovery Team and an unmanned aircraft drone unit were assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Rockland and Westchester county marine patrols, and Rockland County Aviation in scanning the Hudson for the person reported to have gone into the water, per the same account from Mid Hudson News. Daily Voice similarly reported the jump near mile marker 14.1 and noted that whether the person was found had not yet been released by authorities as of Monday.
A Bridge With a History of Close Scrutiny
The span, officially named the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the former governor, replaced the old Tappan Zee Bridge and remains widely known by that earlier name, Daily Voice noted. During the bridge's 2017 reconstruction, the New York State Thruway Authority installed its own suicide-prevention fencing and emergency phones, according to a report from lohud.com.
The incident lands amid a broader, years-long push by Hudson Valley lawmakers and advocates for physical barriers on other spans across the region. State Sen. Pete Harckham has said that 11 people died by suicide at five New York State Bridge Authority bridges and the Walkway over the Hudson since he helped introduce fencing legislation in 2021, per lohud.com's reporting. Those five bridges — Bear Mountain, Newburgh-Beacon, Mid-Hudson, Kingston-Rhinecliff and Rip Van Winkle — are separate from the Cuomo Bridge, which falls under Thruway Authority jurisdiction rather than the Bridge Authority.
Fencing Plans Still Years Away on Other Spans
Advocates have continued pressing for faster action. A sign at the Bear Mountain Bridge cited 24 additional deaths across New York State Bridge Authority bridges between June 2023 and June 2025, according to Highlands Current, which also reported that mesh fencing is planned for the Bear Mountain Bridge and four other Bridge Authority spans by the end of 2028. In the meantime, those bridges have emergency phones, around-the-clock monitored security cameras, security guards and suicide-prevention training for bridge workers, Highlands Current reported.
State lawmakers have continued to push for faster progress. A 2024 New York Senate press release quoted an Assemblymember describing climb-deterrent fencing as part of a multifaceted approach to suicide prevention, saying the recent rash of attempts on Hudson Valley bridges underscored the urgent need to address the issue. A related state Senate bill amendment directs the New York State Bridge Authority to submit a report by July 1, 2027, detailing its progress on deterring suicide attempts on its bridges. Engineering estimates obtained by lohud.com put the cost of fencing all five Bridge Authority spans between $10 million and $60 million, depending on each bridge's infrastructure.
Other recent incidents have kept the issue in the spotlight. Highlands Current reported that 17-year-old Jake Simmons jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge on June 30, 2023, a case cited by advocates pushing for the fencing project. In August, a 59-year-old man died after jumping from the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge walkway, according to Mid Hudson News. As for Monday's incident on the Cuomo Bridge, the investigation by New York State Police remains active, and no further details on the person involved have been released.
