Thruway Authority Terminates Health Care for Board

Meanwhile, as the belt tightens there are still examples of Albany waste. A state audit finds that Thruway Authority Board members improperly received health care benefits. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says the Authority halted the practice after his auditors told them it wasn't legal. DiNapoli is in Buffalo today. The Thruway Authority had been paying 100-percent of premiums for current board members and a former member, at a cost of about 52-thousand dollars. Board members are not supposed to be paid, and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has ruled that paid premiums would be considered compensation.