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.
The full MTA board convenes on Wednesday, July 21, and could still vote to increase fares then or at a later meeting this year — but since Cuomo controls the MTA, the panel is unlikely to go against Schwartz’s proposal.