Tag: Fair Fares

Opinions & observations: Cops continue misinformation campaign to smear policies they don’t like

July 20 | Maryanne Kaishian, Brooklyn Defender Services

In my years as an attorney with Brooklyn Defender Services, I have...

COVID-19 update: Defunding Fair Fares ‘sets us back,’ says Feinberg

July 1 | Editorial Staff

On the front lines of the war on COVID-19, there are...

Protestors mass outside Long Island University on Flatbush Avenue. Eagle photos by Todd Maisel

Free subway rides for all? Brooklyn pol says it’s time.

February 13 | Paula Katinas

New Yorkers would be able to toss their Metrocards into the trash...

A subway rider swipes a MetroCard. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Could ‘Fair Fares’ draw more riders — without clogging the MTA?

June 19 | Jeffery Harrell

A new report from Boston shows that reducing fares for low-income...

Half-price MetroCard program to be expanded

March 6 | Paula Katinas

The Fair Fares program spearheaded by the de Blasio administration, which allows...

Starting in January, low-income New Yorkers will be able to purchase MetroCards at half-price, thanks to a new city program. Advocates are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to release details of the program. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas

Riders Alliance pushes de Blasio to release Fair Fares plan

December 19 | By Paula Katinas

Transit advocates are expressing concern that the de Blasio administration isn’t...