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Hochul says she ‘can’t set forth’ Mayor-elect Mamdani’s plan for fare-free buses in NYC ‘right now’
AM NY ^ | November 09, 2025 | Barbara Russo-Lennon

Posted on 11/12/2025 9:49:31 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 11/12/2025 9:49:31 AM PST by Red Badger
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2 posted on 11/12/2025 9:53:50 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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fare-free buses = free-mobile living ,LOL


3 posted on 11/12/2025 9:54:01 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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Uh huhhhhh.... 😏😉

She’s buying some wiggle room, for when he fails...and THAT’S a given!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 11/12/2025 9:54:11 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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Most people in NYC that use the NYC transit system use passes good for both the city buses and the subway system.

I think some buses in Queens are run by private companies. I don’t normally visit Queens when I visit NYC.


5 posted on 11/12/2025 9:54:26 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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All according to plan. Mamdani used the free-bus pledge to help get elected.
He knew the money was not there. Not in NYC, and not in Albany.
The foolish voters believed him anyway.

Now Mamdani and Hochul can both have a good laugh.


6 posted on 11/12/2025 9:54:36 AM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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Hochul is now the greedy politician. The Mamdani group will now make sure another muslim communist runs for governor with the same freee stuff messaging.


7 posted on 11/12/2025 9:56:14 AM PST by Racketeer
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To: Red Badger
Wonder why she didn't say this before the election.
A real mystery.
8 posted on 11/12/2025 10:01:13 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, the Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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NYC fare cards are timed. I might use the NYC subway to get near Westchester. I can then catch a Westchester Beeline bus to say Larchmont.

The city bus system is usually used in the city for short trips, such as to get across Central Park or from The Cloisters to the main Metropolitan Museum of Art building. It’s also good to travel on Fifth Avenue.


9 posted on 11/12/2025 10:01:53 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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so what was hochul endorsing?


10 posted on 11/12/2025 10:03:45 AM PST by joshua c
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Goodness gracious. If they lost 315 million in bus fare evasion, how much did they make?


11 posted on 11/12/2025 10:05:17 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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“”I cannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system that relies on the fares of the buses and the subways””

Is that code for “I don’t have a clue.” Is that the governor’s job?? Isn’t NYC independent of Albany?


12 posted on 11/12/2025 10:11:01 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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fare-free buses = free-mobile living

Exactly. They'll have to add buses because so many will be unable to pick up passengers due to all the homeless camped out inside.

Heated in winter. Cooled in summer. Sheltered from the rain and snow.

"Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?"

13 posted on 11/12/2025 10:11:37 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Mamdani lied about everything, and wont be able to deliever on anything he promised. And will be thrown out next election.


14 posted on 11/12/2025 10:12:18 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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I guess I just forgot to mention it in response to the 100 times he said it during his campaign. My bad.


15 posted on 11/12/2025 10:17:21 AM PST by calljack (Stealing the 2020 Election will go down in history as the worst political miscalculation of all time)
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By someone even more leftwing then he is?


16 posted on 11/12/2025 10:17:56 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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bttt


17 posted on 11/12/2025 10:21:35 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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States and cities can’t print money.


18 posted on 11/12/2025 10:23:22 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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Other people’s money ran out already?


19 posted on 11/12/2025 10:28:17 AM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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What a effing joke these people are.

The fare evaders are allowed in certain neighborhoods all over this city; they stroll on to buses, no fare paid, and if you dare to look at them, YOU might get into some trouble. They do some enforcement on some select bus routes, but, it’s in the better neighborhoods.

Marxist politicians aside, the MTA is another contemptible, corrupt organization. They receive subsidies from the Feds, state, city, my phone bill, a special tax from businesses operating in the city known as the Metropolitan Commuter Tax, they move (they used to say) 6 million people a day, and STILL cannot ever show a profit. Even if there were no fare evasion, they will still not show a profit; why? Because some of their subsidies will go away if they do, hence, there’s no incentive to ever do so.

As I said, what a f%^&ing joke.


20 posted on 11/12/2025 10:30:07 AM PST by mononymous
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