Zohran Mamdani: “The largest increase in ridership was amongst New Yorkers…”

“And what we saw is many said, are you going to subsidize transit for higher income New Yorkers we saw, in fact, that The largest increase in ridership was amongst New Yorkers making $28,000 a year or less. Those are New Yorkers who are eligible for a means tested program, much like the one he's proposing called Fair fares. Less than 15% of those new Yorkers, all of whom were eligible, were enrolled in that program.” (05:51–05:57)

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