Local pol urges amnesty program to credit commuters for unfair Verrazano violations
Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis on Friday, January 26 joined constituents from both sides of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to call on the MTA to establish a toll amnesty program to credit unfair violations issued thanks to the new cashless tolling system on the span.
According to Malliotakis – who represents portions of Bay Ridge and Staten Island – countless commuters have received violations of up to $100 per trip due to lack of notice or insufficient funds, poor screening of passengers in carpool lanes, and incorrectly identified Class 1 drivers.
The pol has thus called on the agency to implement an amnesty program similar to that which the New York State Thruway Authority established last year for violations received on the former Tappan Zee, now Mario Cuomo Bridge.