FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19th, 2021
CONTACT: Michael Ivory
mivory@council.nyc.gov / 646-940-0119
“We have received good news today that the MTA has decided to postpone a fare hike that would have disproportionately impacted communities of color and low-income transit riders that rely on our city’s trains and buses. Public transportation is a necessity for many New Yorkers, and a fare hike during an economic recession would severely hurt those that rely on it the most.
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