Operations – Rates and Tolls.
35 RCNY § 59A-23
in effect§ 59A-23 Operations – Rates and Tolls.
(a) Tolls – How Tolls are Paid.
(1) All For-Hire Vehicles must be equipped with a New York MTA Bridges & Tunnels EZ-Pass®.
(2) When a For-Hire Vehicle drives through a toll plaza with an EZ-Pass®, MTA Bridges & Tunnels will automatically deduct the cost of the toll from an account maintained by the EZ-Pass® tag holder.
(3) Passengers must pay for the toll, but only must pay the actual amount (often a discounted toll) charged to the EZ-Pass®.
(4) Drivers must collect the proper toll amount from the passenger and forward it to the holder of the EZ-Pass® tag.
(b) Tolls – What Tolls are Paid by Passenger.
(1) On all trips within the City of New York, the passenger must pay:
(i) All tolls incurred during the trip except for trips as follows:
A. From the Rockaway Peninsula over the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge to Queens.
B. From the Rockaway Peninsula over the Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to Brooklyn.
C. From Staten Island over the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge to Brooklyn.
(ii) Two times the amount of the toll if incurred during the trip:
A. From Queens over the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula.
B. From Brooklyn over the Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to the Rockaway Peninsula.
C. From Brooklyn over the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge to Staten Island.
(2) On trips beyond the City of New York, the passenger must pay all necessary tolls to and from the destination.
(3) A Driver who charges a passenger more than the actual amount of the EZ-Pass® toll is guilty of an overcharge as prohibited by 35 RCNY § 80-17(a) and will be subject to the penalties provided in 35 RCNY § 80-02(e).
(4) A Driver who fails to reimburse an EZ-Pass® tag holder for all toll charges incurred, including toll charges for which there is no passenger reimbursement, will be subject to the penalties provided for violation of 35 RCNY § 80-15(d)(4).
(5) In addition to any other penalty permitted, the Commission can order restitution to a passenger or the EZ-Pass® tag holder.
(Added City Record 2/2/2023, eff. 3/4/20232; amended City Record 10/30/2023, eff. 11/29/2023)
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCrules/0-0-0-68410Fetched: 10/24/2026