New York State To Hold Public Hearings On Toll Increases

The virtual hearing, which would be the last of the series is set to be held on June 5.

Here are the locations and times for the public hearings.

• Monday, May 8, 2023
  4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  NYS Thruway Authority Buffalo Division Headquarters
  455 Cayuga Road, Suite 800
  Cheektowaga, NY 14225

• Tuesday, May 9, 2023
  4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  NYS Fairgrounds (Bistro Room)
  581 State Fair Blvd
  Syracuse, NY 13209

• Tuesday, May 16, 2023
  4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  Palisades Center (Adler Community Room)
  1000 Palisades Center Drive
  West Nyack, NY 10994

• Monday, May 22, 2023
  5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
  Glenmont Elementary School
  328 Route 9W
  Glenmont, NY 12077

• Monday, June 5, 2023
  4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
  Virtual Public Hearing

If you wish to speak at the meeting, you will have to sign up and according to the Thruway Authority's website, you will have 5 minutes to speak.

Individuals attending the public hearings will be required to sign in to offer remarks. Speakers will be called up in the order that they signed up and written comments will be accepted at the meetings as well. Speakers will have five minutes each to offer their remarks related to tolls and the current proposed toll adjustment. Remarks should be directed to panel members, not the audience and specifically relate to this topic.

Last December the Thruway Authority's board of directors voted to begin the process of raising tolls along New York's highways. Next year, tolls for New York E-ZPass users would increase by 5%, followed by another 5% hike in 2027, for a total of a 10% increase over the three years.