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The cost of a single subway, bus or paratransit ride will hit $3 for the first time come January, after the MTA board on Tuesday approved the latest in a series of every-other-year increases.
MTA Chairperson and Chief Executive Janno Lieber acknowledged that any bump in fares is “always painful,” while contrasting what amounts to a 2% annual increase with double-digit fare hikes elsewhere in the country.
The vote also locked in a fare cap under the tap-and-go OMNY fare-payment system, ensuring that riders will pay no more than $35 for rides within a seven-day period, while reduced-fare riders will be capped at $17.50. That will permanently replace the unlimited-ride options available under the 7-Day and 30-Day MetroCard, as well unlimited passes for express buses.
Transit officials said the increases — which will also kick in on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road — are essential for the agency’s bottom line, with two-thirds of the agency’s operating expenses going to labor costs associated with its 70,000 employees.
“It’s real simple, 70% of the MTA’s operating budget goes to pay their workers their medical coverage, their benefits and their pensions,” Lieber said. “Their wages increase, on average, between 3% and 4% a year, it varies a little bit — we now have a 2% per year fare increase.”
Read more here about the fare going up, and how much more it could have gone up by.
THE CITY Welcomes New CEO Carroll Bogert
Carroll Bogert will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer at THE CITY, effective October 8. She succeeds Executive Director Nic Dawes, who will remain a strategic advisor to the organization through the end of the year.
Bogert, a veteran leader in journalism and the nonprofit sector, previously served as President of The Marshall Project. During her tenure, The Marshall Project’s budget quadrupled from $4 million to nearly $18 million. Its staff expanded from 24 to more than 80, and it earned two Pulitzer Prizes.
“We are delighted to have Carroll joining us in this leadership role,” said Sarah Bartlett, co-chair of the board and Dean Emerita of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. “She brings extensive journalism experience as well as a deep understanding of how to build support for nonprofit news.” Read more about Carroll here.
Weather ☀️
Sunny, with a high near 66.
MTA 🚇
No Jamaica-bound F trains at 57 St, Lexington Av/63 St, Roosevelt Island, and 21 St-Queensbridge. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Mets owner Steve Cohen didn’t get his team into the playoffs, but he did win big in his effort to build a casino in Queens: His gambling facility plan got the thumbs up from a key committee who passed the project on to the final stage. Now, there are four casinos in the running for up to three casino licenses from the state.
New York Attorney General Letitia James joined episode two of City Hall Free for All for a lively conversation about why she’s riding the youth wave with Zohran Mamdani, her legal battles with Donald Trump, her disinterest in picking up the case against Eric Adams that federal prosecutors dropped, and more.
Reporter’s Notebook
Photographer Shoved to Ground by Feds, Removed in Stretcher
Two photographers inside of 26 Federal Plaza, where an immigration court is housed, were shoved to the ground and a third was grabbed by masked federal agents — with one of them then taken to a hospital.
Video captured by photojournalist Stephanie Keith showed the commotion that ensued as several photographers tried to enter an elevator where ICE agents had gone after two women attempting to leave the immigration court. Gothamist reported one of the photographers, Vural Elibol with Anadolu Agency, a Turkish news service, was taken away in a stretcher. Department of Homeland Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said agents had been “swarmed by agitators and members of the press, which obstructed operations,” adding that “we are urging the media and politicians to stop fanning the flames of division and stop demonization of law enforcement.”
The incident came the week after a federal agent saying “adios, adios” shoved a woman to the ground, causing her to smack her head on the floor, moments after arresting her husband. She also had to be hospitalized. While DHS officials initially called the agent’s actions "unacceptable” and said he had been “relieved of his duties,” this week CBS News reported he was already back at work.
Homeowners and developers now have a pathway for building granny flats, backyard cottages and apartments in attics and basements. The Department of Buildings on Tuesday began accepting applications for ancillary dwelling units, or ADUs, which the Adams administration made legal for certain eligible properties through the City of Yes for Housing Opportunityrezoning updates passed last year.
Homeowners who were interested in adding ADUs to their homes were unable to move forward until now, though the program could have been up and running by mid-June, as THE CITY reported. Previously, DOB audited several Staten Island development projects that included ADUs after mistakenly approving permits for them.
—Samantha Maldonado
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Wednesday, Oct. 1: Watch “Toy Story” under the stars at Stroud Playground in Brooklyn. Free, starting at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 2: Take a tour at Glyndor Gallery in the Bronx and explore exhibits that feature the relationship between nature, culture, and site. Free, from 2 to 3 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 3: Learn how to use binoculars to spot birds at the Salt Marsh Nature Center in Marine Park. Free, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
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