extra New Yorkers Can Qualify for Half-Priced MetroCards ...

MTA

Dec. 23 by Kristen Torres

extra big apple city residents should be eligible for half-priced MetroCards beneath a selection of the metropolis's fair Fares program, officers announced Friday.

fair Fares offers half-priced MetroCards to low-profits residents. The program was launched by way of Mayor invoice de Blasio and metropolis Council Speaker Corey Johnson early this year.

"We're a metropolis that places working individuals first, and no New Yorker should still must choose between taking mass transit and putting food on the table," de Blasio spoke of.

Any resident who's at or below the federal poverty line may be eligible for half-off MetroCards when open enrollment begins on Jan. 27. The poverty line threshold is $12,490 for an individual and $21,330 for a family unit of three.

reasonable Fares is at the moment simplest open to NYCHA residents, CUNY and veteran college students and New Yorkers receiving money counsel.

"With the launch of open enrollment and this committed outreach effort, we hope to assist as many New Yorkers as we are able to in the new year," Johnson referred to.

almost 100,000 city residents have taken expertise of half-priced MTA fares when you consider that the software launched, in accordance with the mayor's office.

under the software, eligible residents acquire a special fair Fares MetroCard. The cards can be used at MTA machines and will offer clients discounted costs for unlimited experience passes and single experience tickets.

Residents can follow for reasonable Fares on-line at www.nyc.gov/fairfares.