Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Zohran Mamdani

Just walking onto the bus: Cheaper than you might have thought? Photo: Kevin Duggan

Independent Budget Office: Fare-Free Buses Would Cost $652M

By Dave Colon | Feb 23, 2023 | No Comments

The city's independent budget wonks have entered the free buses fray with an analysis of their very own — estimating the cost of eliminating bus fares to be lower than either supporters or skeptics of the proposal have suggested.

MTA Chair Janno Lieber said a fare hike could be avoided if the state adds $350 million a year in funding. File photo: Marc A. Hermann/MTA

MTA Could Nix Fare Hikes with Just $350M More Per Year, Lieber Says

By Kevin Duggan | Feb 6, 2023 | No Comments

The MTA could avert plans to hike subway and bus fares to nearly $3 if lawmakers come up with another $350 million in annual funding, its chairperson and CEO Janno Lieber said Monday.

State Pols Reveal ‘Urgent And Necessary’ Plan To Fund Free MTA Buses

By Dave Colon | Dec 14, 2022 | No Comments

Two Queens state lawmakers revealed a financing plan for free buses in New York City on Wednesday, staking out their spot before Albany's budget dance starts in January next year.

The governor's lone 2020 subway trip. Photo: Governor's Office

OPINION: Class War, Local and Express

By Zohran Kwame Mamdani | Aug 19, 2020 | No Comments

What a Twitter spat says about how Gov. Cuomo and his minions run the MTA.