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which means, that any volunteer agency in the state of New York with E-ZPass tags assigned to their ambulances will no longer be valid for toll-free passage across MTA Bridges and Tunnels nine facilities and they will be required to pre-funded
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:48 PM Anonymous Says:
who ever was the one that voted that Hatzalah shouldnt get free ez pass, should have their head examend.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:47 PM Anonymous Says:
Does this also mean that Police cars won't have the ornage E-Z Pass tags?
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:46 PM Anonymous Says:
1:42 bull!!!
Members didn't have free E-Z pass, just the buses (ambulances) which go a few times a day from Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island to NYU, Beth Isreal Columbia etc.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:53 PM Anonymous Says:
What a nearve that these ppl have to say that they must pay!! thay have so many expencis as is!! let the goverment give them money then they can talk!! not even then!
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:57 PM Anonymous Says:
To Anonymous 1:42pm:
BS. These EZ Passes that Hatzalah received are GLUED onto the windshields of the ambulances only. No private cars have them, and even the Boro Park Command Center doesn't have one. The Hatzalah buses (ambulances) were the only Hatzalah vehicles that got them. So your statement of "that’s because hatzalah members were abusing the privilege" is totally commented out of lack of knowledge, your personal vendetta, and last but not least, your 2nd grade writing skills. Hatzalah members in general are people who give up their time, money, sleep, family time etc. to help a fellow person in need. And for all you bashers out there that will comment negatively about Hatzalah, I'm sure there is someone in your family that they once assisted, and you owe their life to Hatzalah. And, not always you need to follow your urges to have the last word.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 01:52 PM Yamamai Says:
It's very upsetting.
But between me, u & the land post, it adds a fraction of Hatzoloh's expenses, so we need to slightly increase our support for Hatzoloh & others.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:06 PM Anonymous Says:
heres an idea let thenm eliminate one or two mta police positions at the bridge or tunnels and use his salary to pay for all volunteer ambulances to use the b&t's. all it means is that there will bwe one to twpo people not standing by a bridge or tunnel with his hands folded across his chest
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:14 PM jj Says:
its said private companies only and not city or state owned. cop cars are city owned. they are not picking on hatzoloh. its a rule across the board.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:20 PM Anonymous Says:
How much will this amount to anyway?
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:35 PM Anonymous Says:
IF SO THEN NYPD & FDNY SHOULD PAY!!!
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:16 PM Anonymous Says:
to 1:48, yamamai, and 1:53
Aren't you ashamed of yourself to be writing like this. If my 5th grader would spell like you do, I would ............
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:13 PM Anonymous Says:
Here are the facts! ALL NON-REVENUE agencies that previously had a free EZ-PASS (AKA the Orange EZ PASS) will now be required to fund those same accounts. This requires NYPD, FDNY, NYS Police, and all other agencies that had an ORANGE EZ PASS (from the MTA). They DO NOT have to replace the tags just simply state funding those accounts.
Let's not make this jew vs the rest of the world, Hatzolah is under the same umbrella as the NYPD/FDNY. The MTA budget is estimated to increase by $10,000,000 as a result of converting the Free EZ PASSES into regular accounts. In this world of penny pinching and layoff's this shouldnt be a surprise to anyone.
As far as the busses that go Daily into the City, I would assume your referring to the "W" since they are riught over the "FREE" W bridge. As far as Queens, Flatbush, BP, etc, yes they are affected and it will certainely cost them money but I dont think they go daily.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 02:09 PM Anonymous Says:
From WCBS880.com:
MTA Will Charge NYPD, Firefighters to Cross Bridges
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's transportation authority has approved a plan to bill government agencies for police, firefighters and other public employees who cross bridges and tunnels.
As terrible as this idea is, it's not a plan that singles out Hatzolah, or even "any volunteer agency in the state of New York " as you stated above. Nor does it compel anyone to wait in line at the cash lanes. It's a plan to "to bill government agencies" for their EZ-PASS use.
Of course, by billing the agencies, they're essentially sticking their hands into one pocket to reimburse the other. The taxpayers are the ones who pay for it in either case, where it relates to government agencies. It's the volunteer agencies, essentially Hatzolah, who will have to pick up the tab, since they don't bill the City for the calls they respond to.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 03:38 PM MAYER Says:
We have to play hardball the same way.
The askonim should find out the names of the ones who voted against. Report it to jewish comunity the come election time we will vote against them and let them know why.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 04:12 PM Anonymous Says:
I am not surprised, this is government, there is not even one organization which the government runs which they could be proud like Hatzolah.
Hatzolah, just ignore the stupid government, they barely give you anything anyways, the next time around when you do a fund-raising, I will give you more money.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 04:02 PM anon money Says:
oi vey let them calculate how much hatzalah saves NYC and NYS a year ...................
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Sep 24, 2008 at 03:51 PM JoeFlix Says:
Sorry - the story title is a bit (?) misleading.
But it is true we will have to throw in a few extra bucks now to Hatzoloh.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 05:17 PM Choizik Says:
Does Lord Mike have to pay when his entourage uses the bridges and tunnels?
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Sep 24, 2008 at 05:26 PM y get excited Says:
to all people with smart comments i think that every gas station has to fill up hatzolahs tanks when they pass free< and all shuls should get free electricty and gas. whats the matter with you if hatzolahs pays the tax payer saves and he can give charity if he wants dont force me to give to hatzolah if i dont want. let me say this, all of u that understand that it should remain free are wellfare people on foodstamps and medicaid including section 8 AND DONT PAY TAXES
get a life
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Sep 24, 2008 at 05:28 PM y get excited Says:
yes bloomberg pays and he pays for the subway too
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Sep 24, 2008 at 05:45 PM Yiddele Says:
What A SHAME! There's so many areas to cut back with all the fraud in NYC. Once again the good and positive get hit. Volunteer Ambulance services save as is the city so much money in addition to the fact it realy is just a tax penalty on them, because there's no cost in allowing an ambulance through a bridge or tunnel that functions anyway. SHAME! SHAME! SHAME! Note: But, I'm not surprised in the least with the way things seem to be going in NYC... Palin - Help Us Survive!
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Sep 24, 2008 at 06:11 PM guy Says:
All the MTA hunchos and the MTA employees have free EZ passes or metro cards respectively.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 07:24 PM anonymous Says:
it was a the chilul hashem of some volunteers who abused the privelege that ruined it for everyone.
there have been instances of people pretending to rush to emergencies that didnt rewally exist. this is the fallout.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 08:44 PM The Shadow Says:
Yiddele said: “Palin - Help Us Survive!”
I’m ging to be dan lekaf zechus here, and assume you meant to say “Hashem - Help Us Survive”, but you made some kind of complicated typo.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 08:44 PM Anonymous Says:
7:24 - This isn't referring to individual volunteers. They don't have these free EZ-PASS tags. And this isn't singling out Hatzolah either. This will affect every government agency that had a free ride until now.
While I don't think it's a wise idea to cancel the free tags for NYPD, FDNY, EMS, Hatzolah, etc., this is by no means the anti-semitic plan many of the above comments are making it out to be.
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Sep 24, 2008 at 08:52 PM Anonymous Says:
7:24 nice spelling
what does it actually cost for an abmulance to cross the bridge ??
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Sep 24, 2008 at 08:53 PM Anonymous Says:
the way people comment here its redicules i think hatzalah should close for a month and then everybody will be happy
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Sep 24, 2008 at 11:50 PM Anonymous Says:
Where are our elected officials when we need them?
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Sep 25, 2008 at 12:19 AM anonymous Says:
uh hello read the news, this isnt just for volunteers hatzholahs its for everyone, including the regular police and fire and emergency repoisnders. THEY ALL will have to pay now. why are we yidden always so egocentric we think its about us? this was just on the news, all the regular nypd cops will have to pay too....
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Sep 25, 2008 at 12:30 AM Anon. Says:
To anon.@ 1:57,
"And for all you bashers out there that will comment negatively about Hatzalah, I'm sure there is someone in your family that they once assisted, and you owe their life to Hatzalah."
Why would you make such a statement? Why would someone who benefited from hatzalah want to curse them out? It sounds like your saying -You're not allowed to criticize me and hatzalah because our goal is to save lives. People have a right to their opinion, just like you. If you disagree with someone's opinion- give a logical reason as to why. Just trying to remove the carpet from under them makes us wonder if the other guy might have a point!
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Sep 25, 2008 at 02:00 AM anonymous NY Says:
So if there is an emergency on the bridge, or a fire in the tunnel, The MTA should be charged a fee for the 'assistance' from the NYPD, NYFD.
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Sep 25, 2008 at 07:46 AM apple cider Says:
EMS is a cash cow for the city thet bill the insurance companies for over 1000 for a local transport
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Sep 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM Anonymous Says:
why do people assume this is just for hatzolah? this is for EVERTYONE FDNY,NYPD all city and state agencies, volunteer fire depts, emts etc...
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Sep 25, 2008 at 10:47 AM Anonymous Says:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/25/nyregion/25mta.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
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Sep 25, 2008 at 12:07 PM NOBODY Says:
A- People ASSUME this is only for Hatzolah because the headline is misleading. In the Times Ahtzolah isn't even mentioned.
B-Teh FDNY, NYPD and all the rest of the city/state agencies won't be losing a dime, basically the City is taking monet from one pocket (NYPD/FDNY/ETC) and putting it in another (MTA). Hatzolah is 100% private hence the bigger loss.
C
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Sep 28, 2008 at 03:13 PM Anonymous Says:
mabe the access a ride should have to start paying and not have access to the HOV lanes so they won"t block so much trafic when they are not in a rush