Half-price MetroCard program to be expanded
NYCHA residents, CUNY students, veterans eligible for Fair Fares
The Fair Fares program spearheaded by the de Blasio administration, which allows low-income New Yorkers to buy MetroCards at half-price, is expanding, city officials announced this week.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council speaker Corey Johnson announced on March 4 that starting this fall, residents living in NYCHA developments, students enrolled in CUNY and military veterans will become eligible for Fair Fares if they live below the federal poverty line. The poverty level is an annual income of $25,750 for a family of four.
“We’re doing all we can to help low-income riders get around in a city that can be very difficult to afford. We think this program will go a long way toward making our city even fairer and we’re excited to expand this unprecedented initiative to more New Yorkers,” de Blasio said in a statement.