Toll Advisory Panel Sets Hearing Dates

July 15th, 2019

This week the New York State Thruway announced a new Toll Advisory Panel that is slated to hold two public hearings. The panel is charged with reviewing toll rates, potential resident and commuter discount programs and commercial vehicle rates on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. The toll panel has slated two listening sessions, one in Westchester and one in Rockland. The members of the panel are as follows:

Joan McDonald, Former New York State Department of Transportation commissioner in 2015. She is now director of operations for Westchester County.

Robert Megna, co-chair, is Chief Operating Officer for the State University of New York and vice chair for the Thruway Authority Board of Directors. He was executive director of the Thruway Authority when the original tolls task force was formed.

Heather Briccetti, a member of the Thruway Authority Board of Directors and president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State.

Mario Cilento, president of the New York State AFL-CIO.

Meeting schedule:

Westchester
When: 4:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. July 17.
Where: Westchester Marriott, 670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown

Rockland
When: 4:30 p.m-7:30 p.m. July 18.
Where: The Time Nyack Hotel, 400 High Ave., Nyack