Pols demand discount on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll
Plan calls for 58% reduction for drivers using span 3 times a month
Staten Island residents get a break on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll, so shouldn’t the same courtesy be extended to Brooklyn drivers, or drivers from anywhere, for that matter? That’s the question three Bay Ridge lawmakers are asking.
On Feb. 24, State Sen. Marty. Golden and assemblymembers Nicole Malliotakis and Alec Brook-Krasny renewed their call for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to extend a discount program on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to cover any driver who has an EZ-Pass and who uses the Brooklyn-to-Staten Island span three or more times a month.
Under the lawmakers’ plan, drivers who frequently use the bridge would get a 58 percent discount on the toll.