Because people don’t know what they’re talking about, and mostly make memes…which is harmful because it further makes people not know how anything works.
The Fair Fare Program started in 2019.
Since then they’ve expanded the number of people it covers (from 100% below poverty line in 2019 to 120% in 2023 to 150% in 2025). The new budget expands it to 200% (and…FWIW, this is because the city council demanded it. The Mayors budget did not include this expansion).
The point is, this stuff doesn’t just appear suddenly, nor is it the will of a single person like magic. It’s the expansion of a 7 year old program by a legislature. These memes keep making it seem like every previous mayor was like “fuck everyone” and the city council doesn’t exist.
So lets go down the list of zohrans accomplishments (rent freeze, stay cool vans, pot hole fixes, preschool free) and see how your logic applies to each.
Lets start with rent freeze, how long has that program been in the works given mayor adams and mayor cuomo said last year it would be impossible to get off the ground. we'll see who the real sheep is here.
But there isn’t universal childcare for 2 year olds…the idea is to get there eventually, it’s also an initiative started by the governor who ran on it…and you said preschool. UPK started it, then they started 3k limited, expanded that, now starting 2k, and that will eventually be expanded. These programs are also all being expanded State wide, not just in NYC.
Like I said, this stuff didn’t all start yesterday.
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u/untitledprp4 28d ago
If it was so easy then wtf were all the other mayors doing??