NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – More New Yorkers should qualify for half-priced subway and bus fares, elected officials say. The city’s Fair Fares program offers 50% discounts on MetroCards to families making ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A program that provides discounted transit trips to struggling New Yorkers will now permanently move to the OMNY system. On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City ...

NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Eligibility for half-priced subway discounts should be expanded to include people making under $31,300 per year, elected officials say. The city’s Fair Fares program offers ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A push is on to increase the discount plan for half-price rides on New York City Transit subways and buses as fares and tolls increase in 2026. Rider advocates have the pitch ready ...

After the MTA announced Wednesday it was delaying raising the subway fare, as it had initially planned to later this year, advocates say the agency should expand its discount fares program. The MTA ...

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that the Fair Fares program is starting to switch to OMNY, the MTA’s tap-to-pay system which would make it simpler for low-income New Yorkers ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- The MTA held a budget hearing to make its case to get more funding. It comes after City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called for an extension to the city's Fair Fares program.

Advocates called for the federal poverty level to be increased to 200%, which would give more people access to the Fair Fares program. NATO ally scraps purchase of US Black Hawk helicopters Here’s Why ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Recently, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority installed a Fair Fares kiosk in the customer service center at the St. George Ferry Terminal. Located at the Staten Island ...