CITY HALL -- More than a year after Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would have the city’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) look into the idea of charging tourists to the ride the Staten Island Ferry, the plan appears to have not moved far.

Last week, the mayor’s press office said the administration was still looking into the proposal, but declined to go into further detail.

When asked where things stood Thursday, de Blasio admitted he did not have an update, but said he may have more to announce once he unveils the fiscal 2020 budget in the coming months.

“I don’t have an update yet,” de Blasio said. “I mean look, it’s a meaningful issue, there’s a lot of other big issues on the plate right now ... I expect [OMB] to come back with an analysis and we’ll present the preliminary budget in the next couple months. So between now and then we’ll have an answer to that question.”

The mayor also declined to say whether he supported the idea of charging tourists to ride the free ferry.

“I want to see an analysis. I do not have a view yet until I see what the ramifications would be,” he said.

By and large, tourists have told the Advance over the years that they would be willing to pay to ride the Staten Island Ferry.

Some have said they would pay only as much as the cost of a subway fare to ride the ferry, while others have said they would be willing to dish out as much as $10 to ride the boat.

Last year, de Blasio called the idea of charing tourists to ride the ferry an “interesting idea.”

A 2014 study from the Independent Budget Office found that a $4 fee for non-borough residents and tourists would generate at least $2.4 million annually.

The study factored in 1 million additional riders that are estimated to take the ferry for the Empire Outlets shopping center and the now-embattled New York Wheel planned for the North Shore.

According the 2018 Mayor’s Management Report, this year some 24.5 million people rode the Staten Island Ferry, a two percent increase over last year.

Meanwhile, the average cost per passenger increased by 23 cents to $5.39.

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