The City Council is pushing to expand the city’s Fair Fares program, which offers half-priced MetroCards to low-income New Yorkers.
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On Monday, the City Council demanded the funding for Fair Fares increase to $136.5 million — and also called for more New Yorkers to be eligible for the half-priced rides – in a response to Mayor Eric Adams' proposed budget for next fiscal year. “There are many more low-income individuals with limited resources who rely on public transit and are not eligible for the program,” the Council wrote in its response.
"Expanding Fair Fares is a critical investment in the success of New York's working families and communities,” CSSNY CEO David Jones and the Riders Alliance's Executive Director Betsy Plum wrote in a joint statement. “By expanding both funding and eligibility, the Council's budget response takes a major step forward toward a fairer New York.”, as transit ridership plummeted during the pandemic.
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