The bill is a reintroduction of Pheffer Amato's bill from last session, A3341, which didn't pass last year after Gov. Hochul paused congestion pricing.
Pheffer Amato did not return a call and an email from Streetsblog on Tuesday to discuss why she wants to give police officers an exemption from the particular toll, especially since cops - a majority of whom live in the suburbs - get free parking at their precincts and disproportionately contribute to congestion.
Streetsblog and Reinvent Albany have been tracking at least 17 bills that were introduced in the last legislative session to grant a toll exemption to some cherished constituency entitled placard-holder.
Senate bill S9581 that would give all Rockland County residents a rebate on the toll, and Assembly bill A9798, which would give all taxi drivers an exemption.
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