Riders Alliance starts petition drive to lower MetroCard prices
Poverty stricken New Yorkers deserve a break, advocates say
In response to a decision Wednesday by the MTA to keep bus and subway fares at $2.75 and raise the cost of weekly and monthly MetroCards, the Riders Alliance is stepping up its fight to get Mayor Bill de Blasio to give low-income New Yorkers a break on the fares.
Working with Community Service Society (CSS), a nonprofit organization, the Riders Alliance has started a petition drive to urge de Blasio to change his proposed city budget for Fiscal Year 2018 to include funding for half-price MetroCards for low-income New Yorkers. The mayor did not include half-price MetroCards in his preliminary budget, which was released on Tuesday.
The petition asks that the mayor amend his budget proposal to include funding for the half-fare program, called Fair Fares.