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3 days ago · 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 ...
3 days ago · “Fair Fares provides a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers, but hundreds of thousands more still don’t qualify for the program despite struggling to make ends meet. Expanding Fair Fares to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level is not just a necessity—it’s a commitment to equity and mobility for all New Yorkers.
2 days ago · 00:04. 00:58. The City Council is pushing a massive $55 million expansion of a program that funds half-price transit fares for poor New Yorkers – as fare evasion continues to skyrocket. Speaker ...
3 days ago · The Fair Fare program provides reduced-priced MetroCards for New Yorkers living at 120 percent of the federal poverty level. That's about 37,440 dollars a year for a family of four.
4 days ago · A map showing the concentration of New York City residents who would qualify for Fair Fares at 125% of the federal poverty level. The analysis by PCAC staff predicts that an expansion to...
2 days ago · NYC Council members, transit advocates call for expansion of Fair Fares eligibility. An advisory committee says 650,000 additional New Yorkers would qualify if the program eligibility for the ...
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3 days ago · The current Fair Fares program, funded by the city, provides a 50% subsidy on transit fares for eligible residents. Last year, the eligibility threshold was set at 120% of the federal poverty level.
