7-18-2012 Letter urging DiNapoli to Audit NYS Thruway Auth

							                                                          THE ASSEMBLY
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FRANK K. SKARTADOS                                    STATE OF NEW YORK                                                  Agriculture
Assemblyman 100th District                                                                                                  Banks
                                                                ALBANY                                               Local Governments
  Dutchess, Orange, and                                                                                             Tourism, Parks, Arts &
     Ulster Counties                                                                                                 Sports Development



                 July 18, 2012

                 Thomas P. DiNapoli
                 Office of the State Comptroller
                 110 State Street
                 Albany, NY 12236

                 Dear Comptroller DiNapoli:

                 I am writing to you regarding the New York State Thruway Authority’s proposal to
                 increase tolls for big trucks by 45 percent. Now is the time to act. The wasteful ways of
                 the Thruway Authority have made it clear that there needs to be an independent audit
                 done to explore its finances. This must be done immediately considering the fact that they
                 are proposing an outrageous increase.

                 Given the recent proposal to increase tolls for the fifth time in just seven years, it seems
                 obvious that the Thruway Authority is clearly not being run in an efficient manner and
                 taxpayers have a right to know exactly how their hard earned tax dollars are being spent.

                 After failing to thoroughly implement many of the recommendations you made in 2009,
                 we cannot sit idly by while the authority moves forward with yet another outrageous fee
                 on hardworking New Yorkers. As you know, many of the problems that exist today are a
                 direct result from the failure to act just a few short years ago. There must be changes
                 made.

                 I urge you to audit the New York State Thruway Authority so that small businesses and
                 hardworking families don’t get stuck paying for the Thruway Authority’s inefficiency.

                 Sincerely,



                 Frank Skartados
                 Member of Assembly, 100 AD




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