Pols seek Verrazano toll discount for Brooklyn residents
Staten Islanders getting a break
Staten Island residents who drive on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge will be getting a break on the toll, thanks to a new plan announced by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday.
But even before the governor made his big announcement, elected officials on the Brooklyn side of the bridge were calling on him to extend the courtesy to the borough’s residents.
“I’m all for lowering tolls for hardworking New Yorkers but the fact is this deal is one sided and does not include Brooklyn,” Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) said. “Perhaps someone forgot that the bridge has two sides. This is a tale of two boroughs!”