‘Fair Fares’ advocates launch drive to get funding for cheap MetroCards
“Advocates for a ‘Fair Fares’ discount MetroCard program are getting commuters to phone Mayor de Blasio to fund the proposal. Advocates with Riders Alliance and the Community Service Society hit Central Harlem’s 125th St. station on the A, B, C and D lines to launch a week-long drive to pressure de Blasio into funding half-price MetroCards for New Yorkers living at the poverty line, which could cost $212 million a year to cover 800,000 people.”