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rangerrebew:
 
New Yorkers fume over revelation MTA lost $5.1B on unpaid tolls, violations as honest drivers slapped with congestion pricing
Story by Carl Campanile, Haley Brown, Jack Morphet • 12h

New Yorkers fume over revelation MTA lost $5.1B on unpaid tolls, violations as honest drivers slapped with congestion pricing
 
This news is taking a toll on honest New Yorkers.

Outrage mounted in the Big Apple Monday after the revelation the MTA lost $5.1 billion in unpaid tolls and fees over four years – while drivers doing the right thing are forced to pay more.

The massive unpaid collections at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s nine bridges and tunnels surpasses the estimated $500 million to $800 million expected to be generated annually from the new $9 first-in-the-nation congestion toll to enter Midtown Manhattan south of 60th Street.
 
“They can’t even collect their unpaid tolls,” fumed Harry Nespoli, chairman of the 300,000-member NYC Municipal Labor Council and head of the sanitation workers’ union. “So, they’re going to make it up by socking us with congestion pricing.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-yorkers-fume-over-revelation-mta-lost-5-1b-on-unpaid-tolls-violations-as-honest-drivers-slapped-with-congestion-pricing/ar-AA1xY61w?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=7a6eb901cec94efbdec2dc7cf3bda127&ei=24

rangerrebew:
That's the democrat party's way of doing things; protect the deadbeats and make honest people pay for it. :im waiting:

dfwgator:

--- Quote from: rangerrebew on January 28, 2025, 08:06:51 am ---That's the democrat party's way of doing things; protect the deadbeats and make honest people pay for it. :im waiting:

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They voted for it.

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