‘Fair Fares’: City Council moves to make it easier for low-income New Yorkers to get half-priced subway and bus rides
The New York City Council passed a bill to simplify the enrollment process for the Fair Fares program, which offers reduced-cost transit to low-income residents.
The City Council took a key step on Thursday toward simplifying the onerous enrollment process for the city’s program that provides reduced-cost OMNY cards to very low-income riders: Fair Fares. The council overwhelmingly passed a bill — Intro. 248 — requiring the city Department of Social Services (DSS), which oversees the Human Resources Administration (HRA)...
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