Read his lips: MTA won’t hike fares in 2021, Cuomo-allied transit big vows

The MTA will not raise fares for riders this year, according to Larry Schwartz, an influential MTA board member and longtime ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“There’s not going to be a fare hike in 2021, period,” Schwartz told reporters Monday, July 19, following the monthly meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Finance Committee which he chairs.