Lower Manhattan City Council member Alan Gerson told citizens at a Manhattan community board #2 forum that he supports East River Bridge tolls, and is trying to push funding for a consultant to study the implications and how-to aspects of the idea for the Council in this year’s budget.

That is welcome news, since the city appears to be making no move to follow up on inclusion of East River toll revenue in Mayor Bloomberg’s out-year budget (see MTR #353).

State Senator Tom Duane also said he supports East River tolls, but spent most of his remarks raising objections to them.  Participants at the forum overwhelmingly backed implementation of tolls.

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