Politics City budget raises Fair Fares eligibility to 120% of federal poverty line, but less than City Council and MTA wanted Posted on June 29, 2023
Transit MTA will start accepting IDNYC applications for reduced fare benefits Posted on June 15, 2023
Queens Op-ed | Fair Fares makes public transit affordable for New Yorkers in need. Let’s expand it. Posted on June 7, 2023
Politics Boosting ‘Fair Fares’: Speaker Adams calls for double eligibility for half-price subway, bus rides Posted on March 8, 2023
Transit Mayor Adams vows to better advertise Fair Fares, punts on expanding eligibility Posted on February 16, 2022
Transit Almost 50% of New Yorkers eligible for half-priced MetroCards haven’t applied: report Posted on February 15, 2022
Transit MTA chief to City: Fully refund half-price MetroCards for poor New Yorkers Posted on February 7, 2022
Transit New York City’s half-price MetroCard program tops 250,000 enrollments for first time Posted on November 3, 2021
Transit Amid criticism from MTA members, de Blasio pledges ‘aggressive’ Fair Fares outreach Posted on July 20, 2021
Politics Halfway there: NYC restores discounted ‘Fair Fares’ funding to only half of pre-pandemic level Posted on July 14, 2021
Transit City slices funding to transit, including discounted MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers Posted on June 30, 2020
Transit City to fully expand ‘Fair Fares’ MetroCard discount to low-income New Yorkers Posted on December 20, 2019
Brooklyn ‘Fair Fares’ helps New Yorkers get a financial boost, advocates say Posted on November 6, 2019
Politics As citywide poverty drops, Riders Alliance wants New York’s ‘Fair Fares’ program surveyed to serve all in need Posted on October 1, 2019
Politics As citywide poverty drops, Riders Alliance wants New York’s ‘Fair Fares’ program surveyed to serve all in need Posted on October 1, 2019
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Bronx Times Advocates, local electeds oppose gas pipeline proposal that may increase emissions in Hunts Point