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City Council seeks expansion of Fair Fares transit discount to 650,000 more New Yorkers: report

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.

City council wants more New Yorkers to get discounted subway rides

Amid New York City's skyrocketing cost of living, city council is calling on the mayor's office to drop $55 million to expand access to Fair Fares -- a program that gives low-income New Yorkers reduced subway and bus fares.

NYC transit advocates in new push to expand eligibility for Fair Fares subway, bus discounts

Transit advocates and local electeds are again calling on Mayor Adams to raise the threshold for a city program offering half-off subway and bus rides to lower-income New Yorkers, demanding that the discount be available to those making less than twice the federal poverty line.

Op-Ed | We must do something about pervasive fare evasion

Transit Briefs: Amtrak, NYMTA, PANY/NJ, TriMet

URBAN AGENDA: Pros of Congestion Pricing and Expanded Fair Fares Outweigh Cons

New York MTA Reports On Fare Evasion Reduction Efforts

Convened in the spring of 2022, the Blue-Ribbon Panel, consisting of education, social justice, business, and law enforcement experts, was given a mandate to investigate the root causes of fare and toll evasion and develop a comprehensive strategy to combat it.

NYC students to receive OMNY cards for the 2024-2025 school year

All NYC public school students to get OMNY Cards instead of MetroCards next year

The city will distribute free OMNY Cards instead of MetroCards to the city's 1.1 million public school students next year.

New York Announces Upcoming OMNY Fare Payment Milestones

The plan is a major push to expand the reach of OMNY to include all customer groups by the end of 2024, including students, Reduced-Fare, Fair Fares, Access-a-Ride, and pre-tax commuter benefit customers.