1 Day. 8 Transit Hubs. 2 Million NYers: Fair Fares Day of Action
The NYC Council included funding in their recent budget proposal to make bus and subway rides completely free for New Yorkers who currently qualify for Fair Fares. This marks a huge win for riders who have been organizing for months to secure this exact commitment as part of our campaign to expand Fair Fares and unlock the true potential of the program to eliminate transit costs as a burden for millions of working New Yorkers.
We’re grateful to the NYC Council and Speaker Menin for recognizing the need to take urgent action to make New York affordable for all and the crucial role the Fair Fares program can play in delivering relief to working-class New Yorkers and their families — but to make it happen, we simply cannot stop here.
That’s why, despite winning a budget proposal from the NCY Council that demonstrates a serious commitment to the needs of riders, we took to the streets at 8 different transit hubs across the city for our Fair Fares Day of Action to bring even more riders into the fight to double the Fair Fares income limit to 300% of the federal poverty level to allow over 2 million New Yorkers to qualify for free and half-price fares.
We’ve already won part of our Riders for Affordable Transit campaign demands. Help win the rest of it by keeping up the pressure on City Hall:
Email Mayor Mamdani, Council Speaker Menin, and your NYC Council Memberand tell them to fund Fair Fares for working New Yorkers
Rally and testify with us at the NYC Council Transportation & Infrastructure and General Welfare Committee joint hearing on Wednesday, May 6 (we’re also hosting a Public Speaking Training on Tuesday, April 21 at 6pm)