The $107 billion city budget that Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council agreed upon Thursday expands the Fair Fares half-price MetroCard program to more low-income New Yorkers — although still far short of the expansion sought by the Council, advocates, and MTA leadership, who hoped it would cover a larger swathe of the low-income population.
City budget raises Fair Fares eligibility to 120% of federal poverty line, but less than City Council and MTA wanted
