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“The MTA’s budgetary woes will not be solved by issuing fare evasion tickets in neighborhoods like Brownsville, where one in three residents live in poverty, especially when overtime pay for…

ByRyan Vinh 1Comment

15

Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: Brooklyn Subway Shooting Demands a Different Approach to Fare Evasion

“Rather than addressing public safety or cost of living concerns, New York City risks backsliding towards the alarmism of criminalizing the poor.”

ByFunmi Akinnawonu

ByBrad Martin 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Transportation

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Transportation and anti-poverty advocates are pushing the Adams administration to provide an extra $55 million in the next budget to expand the Fair Fares program—through which low-income New Yorkers can…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2019

Economy Government

Ydanis Rodriguez Says He Wants to Make NYC Transit Free for Working Class Residents

‘There’s a whole movement nationwide to make transportation free. I will be leading that initiative,’ Rodriguez said Wednesday during a press conference about the planned expansion of Fair Fares, an…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Oct 2019

Government

City’s Half-Priced MetroCard Program Continues to Expand, But Frustrations Persist

More than 150,000 residents meet the requirements for the current eligibility criteria, officials say. Of those, 76,021 have enrolled so far, and the city has been conducting outreach in the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Government

Half-Priced MetroCard Program Will Launch in ’19, But With Limits

Many details are still being worked out. But we do know half-priced fares will only apply to the purchase of weekly and monthly MetroCards, which some advocates say low-income riders…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 5Comments

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: As Mayor & Council Clash Over Fares, CUNY MetroCards Offer a Compromise

The Council backs a $212 million proposal for half-price MetroCards for poor families. Mayor de Blasio balks at the price-tag. Why not compromise on free transit for low-income community college…

ByTom Hilliard 3Comments

Opinion: Reducing Fare Evasion Starts With Expanding Access to Fair Fares, Not Policing

Opinion: Brooklyn Subway Shooting Demands a Different Approach to Fare Evasion

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Ydanis Rodriguez Says He Wants to Make NYC Transit Free for Working Class Residents

City’s Half-Priced MetroCard Program Continues to Expand, But Frustrations Persist

Half-Priced MetroCard Program Will Launch in ’19, But With Limits

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Opinion: Reducing Fare Evasion Starts With Expanding Access to Fair Fares, Not Policing

Opinion: Brooklyn Subway Shooting Demands a Different Approach to Fare Evasion

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Ydanis Rodriguez Says He Wants to Make NYC Transit Free for Working Class Residents

City’s Half-Priced MetroCard Program Continues to Expand, But Frustrations Persist

Half-Priced MetroCard Program Will Launch in ’19, But With Limits

CityViews: As Mayor & Council Clash Over Fares, CUNY MetroCards Offer a Compromise

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