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.

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