Mayor Eric Adams wants to better advertise the city's half-price MetroCard program for poor New Yorkers known as Fair Fares, as only a fraction of eligible commuters have taken advantage of the discount.
Mayor Eric Adams wants to better advertise the city’s half-price MetroCard program for poor New Yorkers known as Fair Fares, as only a fraction of eligible commuters have taken advantage of the discount.
The program allows working-age New Yorkers living at or below the federal poverty line to get MetroCards at half price.or call 311 to set up an in-person appointment with the Human Resources Administration. One of its authors urged the city to work better with NYCHA and CUNY to get public housing tenants and public university students signed up.
“[I’m going] to make sure we go out to New Yorkers and use our partnerships of grassroot organizations to let people know about this and get a better accessibility,” he said.
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