The City Council and transit advocates are still hoping to raise the Fair Fares threshold to 200% of the federal poverty level.
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City Council members and transit advocates are once again imploring the Adams administration to open up the Fair Fares transit discount to more low-income New Yorkers.
Nearly a million New Yorkers are eligible for half-priced MetroCards under Fair Fares, with about 200,000 of those coming this past June when eligibility levels were raised to 145% of the federal poverty level, up from
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