Cartoon Doomsday, Part 2

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With events in Albany still unfolding, it remains to be seen whether this Bill Bramhall ‘toon — slide four of the Daily News illustrator’s gallery — will become reality.

On the other hand, with drivers still guaranteed a free ride over East and Harlem River bridges, the argument could be made that it already has.

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