New York S 8079: Directs the Triborough Bridge and Tunn to implement a toll discount plan for residents of Orange, Rockland, Dutchess and Putnam counties; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

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S08079 Summary:

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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.

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8079

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 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.
 LBD09688-02-5

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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 th