Sentences with phrase «toll on taxpayers»

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The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

«It looks like the Thruway Grinch is once again scheming to steal Christmas from New York taxpayers by secretly eyeing a hefty 49 percent toll hike that will cause economic pain for the families and small businesses that depend on the Thruway for travel and commerce,» said Tedisco.

The investigation also found that Ponte, in violation of city ethics rules, drove his city - issued car 18,500 miles on trips to and from coastal Maine and billed taxpayers for gas and tolls.

Triborough's toll on New York taxpayers is significant.

By ensuring that no additional public funds are spent to complete the Memorial and Museum, today's agreement puts in place a critical and long overdue safeguard to finally protect toll payers and taxpayers from bearing further costs, and, at the same time, put the project on a path for completion.»

Additionally, increasing Thruway tolls is a massive unfunded State mandate that will result in greater truck traffic on local roads, causing a negative impact on their safety with increased road maintenance costs borne directly by local taxpayers.