NYS Thruway Public Hearing on EZ-Pass Tolls to be Held This Afternoon at Palisades Center

The New York State Thruway Authority needs more money to maintain its crumbling infrastructure, but before they can raise tolls on the Tappan Zee Bridge and elsewhere, they’ll be holding a public hearing in Rockland later this afternoon, the only one scheduled to be held locally on the subject. Thruway officials late last year approved a plan that would raise the New York EZ-Pass toll on the Tappan Zee 50 cents a year for four years, up from the current $5.75 to $7.75 in 2027. If you have an out-of-state EZ-Pass tag, or if you pay by mail, you’d be charged $13.56. The meeting is being held this afternoon from 4–7pm at Palisades Center in West Nyack on the fourth floor in the Adler Community Room.