Statement From Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver

Speaker And Transportation Chair Call For Thruway Board Members To Step Down

Assembly Transportation Committee Chair David Gantt and I asked the Thruway Authority in December to delay implementation of any toll increase until the Comptroller's audits were complete, but the Authority went ahead and raised tolls anyway, creating enormous hardship for working families and upstate businesses.

Now that the audits have been released, we know that toll increases are not necessary. Given the audit findings, we repeat our call for the members of the Thruway Authority board to step down so that the Governor can appoint individuals who will focus on innovative ways to control costs and deliver services.

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Note: This Tuesday, January 29 at 10 a.m., the Assembly Transportation Committee will hold the next in a series of hearings on Thruway toll increases. The hearing will be held in Roosevelt Hearing Room C, Legislative Office Building, 2nd floor, Albany