The City Council is going all-in on expanding a municipal program providing subsidized subway, bus, and paratransit trips to the lowest-income New Yorkers — known as Fair Fares.
On the heels of pitching a major expansion of the program in their budget proposal last month, Democratic Council leaders are holding a May 6 hearing on legislation that would require the city to develop an automatic enrollment system for Fair Fares and other city-created benefits programs — a key ask of advocates pushing for the program’s expansion.
