Zohran Mamdani: “The highest rates of fare evasion are in the neighborhoods…”

“About 45 to 50% of people on the bus are paying for it. And when the MTA did a blue ribbon study as to the nature of fare evasion, what they found is The highest rates of fare evasion are in the neighborhoods at the highest levels of poverty. But to go to your point, let's say it's about 700 million on buses, 5 or 6 billion in universal childcare. These are real costs, real, significant amounts of money.” (35:36–35:41)

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