New Tolls: Exempt City Residents?

That $1.2 million MTA operating budget gap still has to be dealt with -- and state legislators are volleying around some ideas.

A $5 proposed bridge toll has been recommended -- but Congressmember Anthony Weiner, a representative of parts of Brooklyn and Queens, is arguing on behalf of an already-cash-strapped middle class to exempt city residents from paying the toll, leaving the burden of the toll to outsiders driving in.

Read more about Weiner's four-step plan in the Queens Courier.