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Fair Fares: City Council, advocates want more New Yorkers made eligible for transit discounts

Fair fares subway transit turnstile

Nov. 19, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld City Council members and transit advocates are once again imploring the Adams administration to open up the Fair Fares transit discount to more low-income New Yorkers. Nearly a million New Yorkers are eligible for half-priced MetroCards under Fair Fares, with about 200,000 of those coming this past June…

Op-ed: Fair Fares will now reach more working New Yorkers, but we’re not done yet

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Jul. 10, 2024 By Selvena N. Brooks-Powers and Leroy Comrie Every day, millions of New Yorkers rely on our city’s vast network of subways and buses to get to work, school, medical appointments and to see their friends and loved ones. But the reality is that too many working-class New Yorkers, including a disproportionately high…
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Mayor and Council Speaker reach $112B budget deal that restores many unpopular cuts

Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams shake hands on a Fiscal Year 2025 buget deal. Friday, June 28, 2024.

Jun. 28, 2024 By Ethan Stark-Miller Mayor Eric Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams capped off another contentious round of city budget negotiations on Friday by shaking hands on a tentative $112.4 billion Fiscal Year 2025 spending plan that restores many of the mayor’s unpopular cuts. The not-yet-finalized budget deal comes just two…

City Council seeks expansion of Fair Fares transit discount to 650,000 more New Yorkers: report

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Jun. 4, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld The City Council’s proposed expansion of the Fair Fares half-priced MetroCard would benefit some 650,000 additional low-income New Yorkers, a new report finds. About 950,000 New Yorkers are currently eligible for Fair Fares, though only about a third of them are actually signed up for the benefit, according…

Fair Fares transit discount program finally compatible with OMNY for trial period

OMNY machines where a select group of Fair Fares users will be able to tap payment

May. 1, 2024 By Ben Brachfeld MTA riders using Fair Fares can finally start tapping into the discounted system using OMNY, with the transit agency and the city’s Social Services department launching a pilot program this week for select users of the low-income transit program. Fair Fares users, who are eligible for a half-price…