Rockland County Gov.: County Executive Day Comments On MTA Central Business District Tolling Program

Press release from the County of Rockland:

October 4, 2021

New City, NY,

County Executive Day wrote, “For MTA to expect Rockland County residents to pay even one cent more is outrageous, let alone for each of our driving commuters to incur thousands of dollars more in commuting expenses each year with a CBD toll.  We are on the same side of the Hudson as New Jersey, but we are New York State residents and tax-paying members of MTA's Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District.  Why should Rockland residents have to finance the MTA through congestion pricing tolls when the MTA does not provide us with adequate mass transit alternatives in the first place?  And why should we be asked to hand over even more dollars to a Capital Program that makes no investments in Rockland County?” [Download the full text of County Executive Day's statement here]

County Executive Day wrote,

Residents are invited to attend a virtual meeting or submit comments to the MTA in opposition to this program. The next virtual public meeting will be held from 6 – 8 PM, tomorrow, Tuesday, October 5. To sign up to speak or to request services visit: https://mta-nyc.custhelp.com/app/hearings/register/h_id/73

Those who sign-up to speak (or who simply want to watch) can join the meeting via Zoom or may dial-in:

The meetings will also be live streamed here: https://new.mta.info/project/CBDTP 

The meetings will also be live streamed here:

Those who don't wish to speak in the meetings but want to leave comments can do so by submitting comments online, via email or mail, or via phone:

Download the full text of County Executive Day's statement

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This press release was produced by the County of Rockland. The views expressed here are the author’s own.