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Attorney Jodi Morales of the Bronx Defenders said that every day she sees people "being criminalized because they didn't have the fare to get on the train." Photo: David Meyer

Criminal Justice Advocates Call on de Blasio to Provide Discount Fares for Poor New Yorkers

By David Meyer | May 17, 2017 | 4 Comments

Criminal justice advocates gathered outside City Hall this morning to call on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount transit fares for poor New Yorkers.

Cuomo's budget goes to extraordinary lengths to skim from transit while covering the tracks.

Cuomo Nickel-and-Dimes Transit Riders While Heaping $564 Million on the Van Wyck

By David Meyer | Apr 12, 2017 | 4 Comments

The Albany budget deal reached over the weekend makes it official: Governor Cuomo has broken his promise to make up for cuts to the MTA payroll tax in 2011. While the state shrinks its commitment to he MTA, other Cuomo economic development priorities are moving ahead, including an expansion of the Van Wyck budgeted for $564 million.

Riders Alliance member Monica Martinez speaks alongside elected officials yesterday. Photo: David Meyer

As Fares Rise, Advocates Press City Hall for MetroCard Relief for Low-Income New Yorkers

By David Meyer | Mar 20, 2017 | 13 Comments

As MTA fares went up yesterday, straphangers and elected officials rallied outside Atlantic Terminal yesterday to bring them down for low-income New Yorkers. The "Fair Fares" coalition is calling on Mayor de Blasio to fund half-priced MetroCards for the 800,000 New Yorkers living below the federal poverty line.

Community Service Society President David Jones (podium) speaking in October alongside Riders Alliance Executive Direction John Raskin (left) and Public Advocate Letitia James. Photo: David Meyer

Sunday: Rally for Fair Fares With the Riders Alliance

By David Meyer | Mar 17, 2017 | 3 Comments

More than two-thirds of the City Council has signed on to the Fair Fares campaign since it launched a year ago. But Mayor de Blasio declined to include the $212 million needed for the program in his preliminary Fiscal Year 2018 budget.

No matter how bad the service gets, transit riders will always have these USB ports.

Here’s What the MTA Could Do With the $65 Million Cuomo Wants to Cut

By David Meyer | Mar 13, 2017 | 21 Comments

Governor Cuomo wants to cut $65 million from the state's annual contribution to the MTA. An analysis by the Riders Alliance and Regional Plan Association identifies transit improvements that money could pay for.

Assembly Member Jeffrey Dinowitz is confident he and his colleagues can restore the $65 million Cuomo wants to cut from the MTA. Photo: David Meyer

65 Albany Legislators Are Fighting Cuomo’s $65 Million Transit Funding Cut

By David Meyer | Feb 27, 2017 | 2 Comments

Governor Cuomo's proposed budget slashes $65 million from the state's general fund contribution to the MTA, breaking a promise he made five years ago. Now a bipartisan group of 65 Albany legislators are calling for those funds to be restored in the final budget.

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