Wasters -its not their money! - Lawmakers from N.J. and N.Y. outraged over Port Authority spending, call for rollback of toll hike

Quasi-government - not responsible to anyone and waste without any check.

Tolls in the tunnels are now $12 per car and toll takers sit in toll booths, even when it is EZ-Pass-only, and collect up to $100,000+ in pay a year.

Lawmakers from N.J. and N.Y. outraged over Port Authority spending, call for rollback of toll hike | NJ.com

By Steve Strunsky/The Star-Ledger

February 09, 2012

Citing an audit critical of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, lawmakers from the two states are calling on the two governors to back bills intended to boost accountability at the agency.

The lawmakers — New Jersey Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen) and New York State Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) — are also calling for a rollback of the Port Authority toll hike imposed in September.

"Yesterday’s report on the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is nothing short of an indictment of Port Authority operations," Lanza said in a statement Wednesday.

The report outlined the first phase of a financial review ordered by Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a condition of their approving a multi-year toll hike in August.

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