Sep
09

E-ZPass, I just can’t quit you

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While MTA officials, past and present, have received their fair share of flack for the overly-generous free E-ZPass perks they once enjoyed, it seems that not everyone is so keen on giving them up. The E-ZPasses were recalled in June, and three months later, a whopping 20 percent of them remain outstanding, according to The Daily News. Of those that have come back, not everyone is so keen about giving up the perk. Warren Dolny, a 79-year-old last on the MTA Board in 1996, plans to sue. Dolny was the number one abuser of the privilege, racking up $30,000 worth of trips in one year. His 918 rides in 2007 amounted to 2.5 a day. ‘Nuff said.

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