Sentences with phrase «narrows bridge toll»

said that Gov. Andrew Cuomo only cut the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge toll because the real estate magnate made it a major point in speeches.

Also at noon, Assembly members Alec Brook - Krasny and Nicole Malliotakis, state Sen. Marty Golden and other state government officials hold a news conference to promote their proposed program to offer discounts on Verrazano - Narrows Bridge tolls to drivers who cross the bridge more than three times a month; near the bridge entrance, Gatling Place and 92nd Street, Brooklyn.

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In 2015, a coalition called Move New York offered a failed proposal that built on Bloomberg's plan, by also reducing the tolls already in place on such outer - borough bridges as the Verrazano - Narrows and Bronx - Whitestone, which serve areas with few mass transit options.

According to the plan, the new tolls would not only function as a way to raise money for the MTA (the city pledged more than $ 2 billion to the transit authority's recent capital plan), but would also help reduce existing tolls on crossings such as the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

He supports restoring the two - way toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, and backs the effort to build a pedestrian and cycle path on the bridge as part of the Harbor RingBridge, and backs the effort to build a pedestrian and cycle path on the bridge as part of the Harbor Ringbridge as part of the Harbor Ring plan.

Starting early Saturday morning, all tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge were to be collected via E-ZPass or a bill will be mailed to the car's owner, with the cashless tolling meant to help reduce traffic woes generated by Amtrak's summer repair work.

Long - awaited toll relief on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge — for Staten Island residents and commercial drivers with New York state E-ZPass tags — could come as soon as April 1, Gov. Andrew Cuomo will formally announce Thursday during a visit to the borough.

Among the instances she cited were her early call for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's resignation, opposition to MTA toll hikes on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge and increasing the MTA's debt and suing the Port Authority.

Her political biography mentioned favorite points; her early condemnation and call for resignation by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, her efforts at toll reductions by the MTA on the Verazzano - Narrows Bridge, her lawsuit against the Port Authority over its tolls on bridges from Staten Island to New Jersey and especially her lawsuit against Mayor de Blasio seeking to prohibit the City's destruction of records related to the IDNYC program.

The toll for the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge will be reduced for Staten Island residents.

The candidates also discussed the rising tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, something local leaders have said would be a major issue for voters in the borough.

Former Lieutenant Gov. Richard Ravitch told MTA Board members today that they would be breaking state law if they approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to reduce tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge for Staten Island residents, robbing the authority of revenue it can ill afford to lose.

Also at noon, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis calls on the MTA to establish an amnesty program for toll violations received due to glitches with the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge's cashless tolling system, corner of Lily Pond Avenue and Major Avenue, Staten Island.

Congestion pricing does have at least one Senate Republican backer — Staten Island Sen. Andrew Lanza, who introduced a bill that would put a toll on East River bridges while cutting the toll on his borough's Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

«All of a sudden because I mentioned it, he cut the tolls to the Verazzano - Narrows Bridge,» Trump told the crowd.

Trump took credit for the governor's recent move to cut the tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, a decision the celebrity real estate developer said came after he noted in several speeches upstate that the toll on that bridge was the highest of any bridge in the coBridge, a decision the celebrity real estate developer said came after he noted in several speeches upstate that the toll on that bridge was the highest of any bridge in the cobridge was the highest of any bridge in the cobridge in the country.

Albanese's plan is to put tolls on East River bridges that are currently free, like the Brooklyn Bridge, to reduce tolls on other bridges, like the Verrazano - Narrows.

STATEN ISLAND — Elected officials on Staten Island have called on candidates in the upcoming race for mayor to address the rising tolls on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, which climbed to $ 15 this year.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Staten Island residents on Saturday protested against the toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge, which has now reached $ 15.

State Senator Martin J. Golden of Brooklyn, one of two Republican senators from the New York City area, said that the $ 17 toll on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge that links Staten Island and Brooklyn would need to be addressed before he could support any congestion pricing plan.

So Mr. Schwartz, who proposed a toll system for the East River bridges, came up with a «toll swap:» as new tolls were added to the bridges, existing tolls would be lowered on other bridges linking areas with few subway and transit alternatives, such as the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island.

The new revenue would be used to lower tolls on outer borough crossings like the Bronx - Whitestone Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge and Verrazano - Narrows Bridge.

The island is narrow and long, with just one road going north of town past the toll bridge.

So Mr. Schwartz, who proposed a toll system for the East River bridges, came up with a «toll swap:» as new tolls were added to the bridges, existing tolls would be lowered on other bridges linking areas with few subway and transit alternatives, such as the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island.