Sentences with phrase «fund fair fares»

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The Council included $ 212 million in funding for Fair Fares, a proposal first initiated by the Community Service Society of New York, headed by David Jones, an MTA board member appointed by de Blasio as well as the Riders Alliance, which is led by John Raskin.

De Blasio — who has resisted including the «Fair Fares» (city - funded half - priced Metro Cards) measure in his budget — was massively outnumbered by an army of city elected officials, district attorneys and labor leaders who called on him to pony up $ 212 million for it in his executive budget.

After Mayor Bill de Blasio snubbed the proposed Fair Fares program in the city's FY2019 budget for the second year in the row, the Council has struck back with a proposal to fund the program in its budget response, reports the New York Daily News.

Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor), who said the plan was more «fair» than solely funding the MTA with tax dollars and fares.

Although he has yet to step up and support Fair Fares, De Blasio has allotted $ 250 million for half - price MetroCards for 800,000 New Yorkers in his Fair Fix transit funding proposal.

MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS — Johnson proposes cutting Council initiatives in search for Fair Fares cash — POLITICO's Gloria Pazmino and Brendan Cheney: Speaker Corey Johnson is floating a proposal to defund some Council spending initiatives as a way to pay for the Fair Fares plan, the Council's biggest budget request — and one that Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he has no intention of funding.

However, last month, the City Council proposed allocating $ 212 million from the city's budget to fund the program after more than half of its members penned a letter to Council Speaker Corey Johnson and Finance Committee Chair Daniel Dromm, affirming their support for Fair Fares.

«I believe the millionaires tax is still the best, most reliable, most verifiable way to get that permanent funding for the MTA, especially because our vision for the millionaires tax includes the Fair Fares concept, meaning half price Metrocards for low - income New Yorkers as a matter of equity and fairness and creating opportunity,» he said.

In its budget response, the Council proposes using $ 212 million in city funds annually for Fair Fares.

«Fair Fares» Funding: Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, transit advocates, and nonprofit groups are calling on the mayor to fund the «Fair Fares» proposal, which would provide half - price MetroCards to low - income New Yorkers.

«The mayor has always supported fair fares... he also talked about a dedicated funding stream,» she testified.

Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, and Daniel Dromm, the Council's finance chairman, said in a statement that they were «disappointed» that no money for Fair Fares and the other City Council priorities was in the executive budget, though they believed there was enough money from additional revenue and potential savings to fund the proposals.

The Council included $ 212 million in funding for Fair Fares, a proposal first initiated by the Community Service Society of New York, headed by David Jones, an MTA board member appointed by de Blasio as well as the Riders Alliance, which is led by John Raskin.

But the budget was also notable for what was not included — mainly, the City Council Fair Fares plan, which would provide reduce priced MetroCards for low - income New Yorkers, a $ 400 million property tax rebate and an increase in the general reserve fund.

Among key recommendations, the Council is calling on the mayor to fund «Fair Fares,» a proposal formulated by a group of transit advocates to provide half - price MetroCards to 800,000 low - income New Yorkers.

«Fair Fares» advocates hand out fliers to pressure NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio into funding half - price MetroCards for New Yorkers living at the pove...

A «Fair Fares» advocate stands next to a poster to pressure NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio into funding half - price MetroCards for New Yorkers living at...

De Blasio pitched a millionaire's tax proposal to fund MTA repairs as well as subsidized fares for low - income New Yorkers, addressing another area of significant criticism, his unwillingness to fund the «Fair Fares» campfares for low - income New Yorkers, addressing another area of significant criticism, his unwillingness to fund the «Fair Fares» campFares» campaign.

The Council launched a «digital day of action» to convince Mayor Bill de Blasio to fund a «Fair Fares» program that would help low - income straphangers afford to get around.

The new tax would also finance half - priced MetroCards for low - income New Yorkers by using $ 250 million of the revenue, helping up to 800,000 New Yorkers (in response to advocates» call for «Fair Fares» in the past, de Blasio said the funding should come from the state).

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