Going to NY/NJ - should I take my iPass (toll transponder)?

[Cary]

Use the EZ Pass/iPass - it can save you a lot (no, a LOT!) of time at tolls.

If I were going to Orangeburg,

I would go:
JFK > Van Wyck Expwy > Grand Central Pkwy > Triboro/RFK Bridge > FDR Drive (north) > GW Bridge > Palisades Pkwy exit 6 (Orangeburg)

or, depending on traffic,

JFK > Van Wyck Expwy > Whitestone Expwy > Whitestone Bridge > Cross Bronx Expwy > Bronx River Pkwy > Cross Westchester Pkwy (west) > Tappan Zee Bridge > Palisades Pkwy (south) > exit 6 (Orangeburg)

Cary