It wasn”™t public apathy that killed the ferry service from Haverstraw to Manhattan”™s financial district; it was money.
The ferry will be discontinued as of April 30, the victim of decreased ridership (despite a recent uptick).
The funding was secured by the county and came from sources that included the Port Authority and the state Department of Transportation, plus county coffers.
“It”™s been providing our commuters with a valuable one-seat ride to lower Manhattan, a travel option Rockland worked diligently to establish,” said County Executive Scott Vanderhoef. “We”™ve made tremendous efforts to secure operating funds to sustain and grow this service, but to date, have been unable to secure additional funding. This service is a pilot project that successfully demonstrated that, with regional cooperation, the logistics of a Hudson Valley-to-Manhattan ferry service was achievable. In the future, with a revitalized employment market in lower Manhattan and increased availability of funding, we hope to be able to resume it.”
New York Water Taxi will continue to run service between Yonkers and the financial district. Frequency of service is currently being examined.
