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New York Marathon Bridge Fee Dispute
FILE - Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at the start of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a toll to cross a state bridge, just like every other commuter, if transit officials in New York have their way. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race held the first Sunday each November, to pay roughly $750,000 for use of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Transportation officials want NYC Marathon organizers to pay $750K to cross the Verrazzano bridge

The New York City Marathon might soon have to pay a toll to cross the bridge, just like every other commuter

By PHILIP MARCELO
Published - Apr 03, 2024, 05:51 PM ET
Last Updated - Apr 03, 2024, 05:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City Marathon organizers will soon have to pay a bridge toll, just like every other commuter, if New York transit officials have their way.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is demanding the New York Road Runners, organizers of the venerable race generally held the first Sunday of each November, pay roughly $750,000 for use of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

The agency that oversees New York's bridges and tunnels says the fee represents the estimated amount of toll revenue lost when the nation's longest suspension bridge is closed.

“New Yorkers love Marathon Sunday, but taxpayers cannot be expected to subsidize a wealthy non-government organization like the New York Road Runners to the tune of $750,000,” said Catherine Sheridan, president of MTA’s department of bridges and tunnels, in a statement.

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