{"id":20229,"date":"2020-07-03T02:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T23:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-de-blasio-just-protected-transit-for-nycs-well-off-at-the-poors-expense\/"},"modified":"2020-07-03T02:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T23:45:00","slug":"bill-de-blasio-just-protected-transit-for-nycs-well-off-at-the-poors-expense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-de-blasio-just-protected-transit-for-nycs-well-off-at-the-poors-expense\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill de Blasio just protected transit for NYC\u2019s well-off \u2014 at the poor\u2019s expense"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bill de Blasio just protected transit for NYC\u2019s well-off \u2014 at the poor\u2019s expense<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 2, 2020 |<\/span> 7:45pm <\/p>\n

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\n An NYC Ferry leaves Pier 11 in lower Manhattan in early May.<\/span>
\n Gregory P. Mango<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

\n A pair of small choices in Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s new budget tells a lot about his true priorities \u2014 or, at least, his refusal to let facts stand in his way.<\/p>\n

The mayor managed to cut $65 million in funding for the Fair Fares program, which lets low-income New Yorkers get 50 percent discounts on MetroCards. That helped him protect his beloved East River ferry system \u2014 which serves mainly higher-income folks.<\/p>\n

A survey of over 5,000 ferry riders, done last year by the city\u2019s Economic Development Corp., found that they\u2019re mostly white, wealthy and come from waterfront neighborhoods. Just 36 percent are people of color, while 65 percent make over $75,000 per year, the survey found. It showed that most use the service for leisure trip<\/a>s, not to commute.<\/p>\n

Over the objections of city Comptroller Scott Stringer, de Blasio this year dumped $62 million on eight new ferry boats \u2014 that is, just about what he\u2019s now cut from Fair Fares. In all, the waterborne white elephant gets $637 million in the new budget.<\/p>\n

The mayor insists the ferry system is all about \u201cequity\u201d and \u201caccess\u201d \u2014 but that\u2019s entirely in his imagination, even more so than the rest of his \u201cprogressive\u201d agenda.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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