Fair Fares, the NYC program offering half-priced subway and bus rides low-income public transit users, is now fully available ...
Fares will also increase on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, as will tolls at several of the city’s ...
A push is on to increase the discount plan for half-price rides on New York City Transit subways and buses as fares and tolls ...
NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Eligibility for half-priced subway discounts should be expanded to include people making under $31,300 per year, elected officials say. The city’s Fair Fares program offers ...
“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 NYPD ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Recently, New York City took a massive step toward public transit accessibility. Last month, the New York City Department of Social Services (DSS) announced that the Fair Fares ...
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The New York City Council is pushing for reduced fare MetroCards for low-income residents. "I remember when regular transit used to be 2 dollars," said Natalia Joseph, a frequent ...
New York City’s transit system is a lifeline for millions of people. It connects seniors to medical care, brings students to class and transports New Yorkers to their jobs every day. Many of us take ...
Sometimes a political issue is so big, so obvious, so logical, that the hosts of the New York Slant podcast, Nick Powell and Gerson Borrero just can't stay quiet. Right now, that issue is Fair Fares.