City wants NYC Marathon organizers to pay $750K to cross Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Briefly

"New Yorkers love Marathon Sunday, but taxpayers cannot be expected to subsidize a wealthy nongovernment organization like the New York Road Runners to the tune of $750,000," Catherine Sheridan, the president of MTA Bridges and Tunnels, said...
"The MTA is prepared to continue working toward a final agreement with the N.Y.R.R., provided it leads, over time, to full reimbursement for the lost revenue."
"The MTA said there was no way it could continue allowing both decks to be used for the race without a payment agreement..."
"An economic impact report the group commissioned in 2020 stated that the 2019 marathon generated $427 million in revenues for New York City..."
Read at WSOC TV
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