Directs the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to implement a toll discount plan for residents of Orange, Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties who commute to work in the city of New York while the central business district tolling program is in effect; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8079
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. ROLISON, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to directing the
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to implement a toll discount
plan for residents of Orange, Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties;
and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration
thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new
2 section 572 to read as follows:
3 § 572. Congestion pricing relief program. 1. The authority shall
4 implement a toll discount program for qualifying commuters travelling
5 into the city of New York from Orange, Rockland, Dutchess or Putnam
6 counties for employment.
7 2. Under the program, a qualifying commuter shall receive a twenty-
8 five percent discount on tolls under the central business district toll-
9 ing program for each of the first ten trips made each calendar month
10 from the commuter's residence into the city of New York, and a fifty
11 percent discount on tolls under the central business district tolling
12 program for all subsequent trips made from the commuter's residence into
13 the city of New York during the same calendar month. A minimum of ten
14 trips per month is required. If fewer than ten trips are taken per
15 month, the commuter shall be charged for each trip not taken. There
16 shall be no discount for commuters who make less than ten trips. Commu-
17 ters shall be required to enroll in the program in order to receive the
18 discount.
19 3. A qualifying commuter is a natural person who:
20 (a) resides full-time in Orange, Rockland, Dutchess or Putnam county;
21 (b) owns or leases a motor vehicle, or is a member of a household of a
22 person who owns or leases a motor vehicle, that has a license plate
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 registered to a residential address located in Orange, Rockland, Dutch-
2 ess or Putnam county;
3 (c) utilizes such motor vehicle to commute to employment within the
4 city of New York at least ten days in each calendar month; and
5 (d) is a current E-ZPass NY customer in good standing with a mailing
6 address in Orange, Rockland, Dutchess or Putnam county and who has an
7 E-ZPass tag associated with such account.
8 4. The provisions of this section shall apply only:
9 (a) to passenger motor vehicles used for personal commuting into the
10 city of New York; and
11 (b) as long as the control business district tolling program is in
12 effect in the city of New York.
13 5. For purposes of this section:
14 (a) "motor vehicle" has the meaning defined in section one hundred
15 twenty-five of the vehicle and traffic law; and
16 (b) "the central business district tolling program" has the meaning
17 define in section seventeen hundred three of the vehicle and traffic
18 law.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
20 it shall have become a law; and shall expire and be deem repealed upon
21 the cessation of the central business district tolling program in the
22 city of New York; provided that the president of the Triborough and
23 tunnel authority shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
24 upon the occurrence of the cessation of the central business district
25 tolling program in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
26 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
27 state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of
28 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
29 cers law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal
30 of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act
31 on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or
32 before such effective date.
