STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Traveling around New York City is now more expensive, as both MTA and Port Authority fare and toll increases went into effect Sunday morning.
Starting Sunday, Jan. 4, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority increased tolls at its crossings — like the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and Robert F. Kennedy Bridge — from $6.94 to $7.46.
The MTA has also said that resident discount programs, like the Staten Island Resident Program, would still apply to these new tolls…