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Immigrants and Majority of Low-Income New Yorkers Left Out of Fair Fares Program

New eligibility requirements for affordable metro cards will affect Bushwick's immigrants and low-income residents.

Immigrants and Majority of Low-Income New Yorkers Left Out of Fair Fares Program

Immigrants and Majority of Low-Income New Yorkers Left Out of Fair Fares Program

New eligibility requirements for affordable metro cards will affect Bushwick's immigrants and low-income residents.

Immigrants and Majority of Low-Income New Yorkers Left Out of Fair Fares Program

After details of the much-awaited Fair Fares NYC Metrocard program were delayed and parts of it cut back, many wonder where that leaves New Yorkers who are disqualified under the new program terms.

The Fair Fares program had promised half-priced metrocards for low-income New Yorkers to ride the subway. But the partial rollout last week confirmed that only recipients of cash assistance or…

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