The TBTA also controlled several buildings such as the New York Coliseum and the East Side Airline Terminal, both of which have been demolished.

[9][10]: 340–344  In February 1933, a nine-person committee applied to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) for a $150 million loan for projects in New York state, including the Triborough Bridge.

[14] Robert Moses, the New York City parks commissioner, also pushed the state legislature to create an authority to fund, build, and operate the Triborough Bridge.

[10]: 340–344 A bill to create the TBA passed quickly through both houses of the state legislature,[15] and was signed by Governor Herbert H. Lehman in April 1933.

The bill included a provision that the authority could sell up to $35 million in bonds and fund the remainder of construction through bridge tolls.

[22] After O'Leary had been removed, La Guardia appointed Moses to the open commissioner's position,[23] and Ickes gave the city $1.5 million toward the bridge's construction.

Construction started in 1937[30] and the bridge opened on April 29, 1939, in time for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Queens.

[33][34] The United States Department of War ultimately rejected the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge as an impediment to shipping, since it would obstruct access from the New York Harbor to the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

[44][45] Generating millions of dollars in toll revenue annually, the TBTA easily became a powerful city agency, as it was capable of funding large capital projects.

[46] Aside from toll crossings, one of the TBTA's most profitable properties was the New York Coliseum, an office building and convention center at Columbus Circle in Manhattan.

[63] Lindsay then proposed a bill in the state legislature that would allow the mayor to appoint a majority of the members in the new city-run transportation agency, but this was rejected.

[65] Lindsay disagreed, saying that the state and city should have operationally separate transit authorities that worked in tandem.

[66] In early 1967, Rockefeller proposed merging the NYCTA and TBTA into the MCTA, as well as creating a $2.5 billion bond issue to fund transportation improvements.

[70] Moses agreed to merge the TBTA into the MCTA in March 1967, and he even campaigned in favor of the transit bond issue.

They are NYS Peace Officers with limited authority under Article 2, §2.10, sub 20 of New York State Criminal Procedure Law.

[84][85][86] Automatic number-plate recognition (ALPR) analysis is used to decode the image of the plate into alphanumeric data and the jurisdiction of issue.

[89] The system is subject to significant fraud from motorists who obstruct clear views of their license plates.

[92] The preponderance of obstructed or modified license plates in New York City may suggest substantial revenue losses due to that form of fraud.

[91] An audit performed by the New York State Comptroller in 2017 criticized the MTA for losses due to issues with reading, and obstruction of, license plates.

The MTA's response characterized this as part of "leakage" that is "inherent in the process for any Cashless Tolling environment.