Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella discussed how the borough has inadequate transit systems, increasing commuters' need for cars.

He also talked about how Staten Island drivers already pay two tolls to get into Manhattan, so adding another will deeply affect them.

Fosella saidthe MTA's environmental assessment found that traffic will turn to the outer boroughs, like Staten Island, and create more pollution in an already environmental unjust zone. He also said the MTA hasn't reached out to try and create a compromise or a solution.