New York Assembly Approves Toll Elimination Bill
New York State Assembly votes to eliminate a toll booth from Interstate 95 over noise and air pollution concerns.The New York State Assembly moved on Monday last week to eliminate a toll booth from Interstate 95. Members voted 87 to 47 to abolish the collection of tolls at the New Rochelle toll plaza on the New York State Thruway. Motorists on this stretch of I-95 currently most stop and pay $1.50 or use E-ZPass, and the toll is scheduled to rise to $1.75 next year. State Assemblyman George S. Latimer (D-Westchester) introduced the idea of stopping the tolls because they imposed unfair burdens on his constituents.
“Daily commuters from Westchester, the Bronx and Manhattan pay a disproportionate fee to use this section of the Thruway, compared to every other corridor across the state,” Latimer wrote in support of his legislation. “Further, the presence of this toll plaza serves to direct northbound traffic onto local roads, particularly U. S. 1 (Boston Post Road), through the developed corridors of New Rochelle, Larchmont and Mamaroneck, adding to local congestion and air pollution.”
It’s as if our state law-makers don’t feel WNY taxpayers have them very same “unfair burdens” like downstate. 
We are in deed Home of the screwed! I haven’t had the chance to converse with Rus Thompson on the matter, but it’s safe to say he’s probably as “fed-up” as my blogging name.