§ 59A-23 Operations – Rates and Tolls.
RCNY § 59
(a)Tolls – How Tolls are Paid.
(1)All For-Hire Vehicles must be equipped with a New York MTA Bridges & Tunnels EZ-Pass®.
(2)When a For-Hire Vehicle drives through a toll plaza with an EZ-Pass®, MTA Bridges & Tunnels will automatically deduct the cost of the toll from an account maintained by the EZ-Pass® tag holder.
(3)Passengers must pay for the toll, but only must pay the actual amount (often a discounted toll) charged to the EZ-Pass®.
(4)Drivers must collect the proper toll amount from the passenger and forward it to the holder of the EZ-Pass® tag.
(b)Tolls – What Tolls are Paid by Passenger.
(ii)Two times the amount of the toll if incurred during the trip: A. From Queens over the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula. B. From Brooklyn over the Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula. C. From Brooklyn over the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island.
(5)In addition to any other penalty permitted, the Commission can order restitution to a passenger or the EZ-Pass® tag holder. (Added City Record 2/2/2023, eff. 3/4/20232; amended City Record 10/30/2023, eff. 11/29/2023)
