Yep, this is simply a State implementing a toll bridge tax and they have every right to do it.
No, they don't have the right to set up tolls when there's no alternate toll-free route.
Bridge and tunnel tolls are different because there was no route prior to them being built. To arbitrarily charge tolls to drive on a city street with no alternate routes is a restriction of movement.
To tax taxpayer money to pay for that street and then charge a toll is a whole other level of theft.
Well it’s not a toll bridge tax. If you live say in upper Manhattan, you’ll pay to drive south of 60th St. without crossing any bridge also.