One day after the New York City Council backed a plan to expand the Fair Fares NYC program, transit advocates took their message directly to riders across the five boroughs. The proposal would make ...

It's been 50 days into Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration, and one major question this week is whether he will expand the city's Fair Fares program. The program provides half-priced transit fare ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK — More than three dozen advocacy and nonprofit groups are calling on the Mamdani administration to expand discounted bus ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. City leaders rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday to call for an expansion of a program that provides discounted transit rides ...

The city's half-price subway and bus fare program, Fair Fares, sets an extremely low threshold for household income to qualify. The Regional Plan Association found it to be lower than all but five ...

I’m a home health aide from the Bronx and a proud 1199SEIU member. My patients are all over this city. I get to them the only way I can, on slow buses like the Bx12 on Fordham Road. While I’m caring ...

Mayor Mamdani’s glib campaign goal of abolishing the fares on buses for everyone makes a lot less sense than cutting bus and subway fares for the New Yorkers who actually need it most. That’s what the ...

The City Council wants to expand the Fair Fares program so more than 1 million eligible New Yorkers would be able to ride Big Apple subways and buses all on the government's dime. The city-funded ...

City leaders rallied outside City Hall on Wednesday to call for an expansion of a program that provides discounted transit rides to low-income New Yorkers, saying too many eligible residents are not ...