S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1747
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN, BURDICK, PHEFFER AMATO, HYNDMAN -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to delaying the
start date of the operation and enforcement of the central business
district tolling program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 1703 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by section 1 of subpart A of part ZZZ of chapter 59 of the
laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
8. "Operation date" means the date determined by the Triborough bridge
and tunnel authority, which shall not be earlier than [December thirty-
first] JANUARY FIRST, two thousand [twenty] THIRTY-ONE, for the begin-
ning of the operation and enforcement of the central business district
tolling program. The operation and enforcement date shall commence only
after an initial program testing period of thirty days where no
collection of any tolls, fees, or other charges shall be authorized. As
of the commencement date of operation and enforcement, there shall be a
period of sixty days where only the established tolls may be collected
without the collection of other fees or charges or fines.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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