Menin’s Fair Fares push tests Mamdani

New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin proposes expanding Fair Fares to provide free bus and subway rides to hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers, contrasting with Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration. Menin criticizes the current program's enrollment process, while Mamdani's administration reviews proposals to make transit more affordable. The City Council seeks to improve enrollment and make it automatic.