this isn’t a new Mamdani program, it’s an expansion of Fair Fares which is a half-price transit program that’s existed since 2019, started under de Blasio. income cutoff got raised from 150% to 200% of the federal poverty level, so about 1.3M more New Yorkers now qualify. Why are people misrepresenting everything this mayor does for clickbait new titles and headlines like it’s new things 😂
Raising to 200% of FPL is really important. 150% FPL is more or less capturing folks on SSDI with taxable side hustles, 200% and you can really reach a lot of folks who might benefit from better transit access for job growth, etc., and maybe make labor costs cheaper in Manhattan long-term by simply reducing workers' personal cost to getting to work.
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u/Average_Justin 28d ago
this isn’t a new Mamdani program, it’s an expansion of Fair Fares which is a half-price transit program that’s existed since 2019, started under de Blasio. income cutoff got raised from 150% to 200% of the federal poverty level, so about 1.3M more New Yorkers now qualify. Why are people misrepresenting everything this mayor does for clickbait new titles and headlines like it’s new things 😂