{"id":420,"date":"2026-04-14T15:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=420"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:49:49","slug":"op-ed-lets-provide-free-subway-and-bus-fares-for-those-who-need-them-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2026\/04\/14\/op-ed-lets-provide-free-subway-and-bus-fares-for-those-who-need-them-most\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-Ed | Let\u2019s provide free subway and bus fares for those who need them most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each day, millions of New Yorkers depend on our subways and buses to go to work, school, medical appointments, the grocery store, and back home. For most, the $3 fare is a routine cost. But for too many of our neighbors, spending over $100 a month on transit is a real burden. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/opinion\/op-ed-free-subway-bus-fares-new-york\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each day, millions of New Yorkers depend on our subways and buses to go to work, school, medical appointments, the grocery store, and back home. For most, the $3 fare is a routine cost. But for too many of our neighbors, spending over $100 a month on transit is a real burden. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/opinion\/op-ed-free-subway-bus-fares-new-york\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/357"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}