2022 is the first year since 2019 that the MTA has had a billion customers in one year, with ridership levels down over the past two years during the pandemic.
On Tuesday, the MTA will rewarded its billionth customer of the year, Sasha Salazar, at the Yankee Stadium subway station in the Bronx. N.J. Burkett has the story.It's likely that many New Yorkers feel like they've ridden the subway billions of times."'Congratulations, you're the one billionth customer in the MTA,' and I was like, 'Is this for real?'" subway rider Sasha Salazar said.
"Thank you to everybody who has been riding with us all year, especially lucky Number 1 Billion, Sasha Salazar!" MTA Chairman Janno Lieber said.Salazar was given the ceremonial distinction as the one billionth rider of 2022. "I woke up this morning just thinking I'm gonna head to the movies and I see two men, 'Congratulations!' I was just so shocked and surprised," Salazar said.
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