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“I feel more comfortable with the coins, but I guess I have to get used to it, go with the times and do what I need to do,” 77-year-old Carmen Collazo said of using her reduced-fare OMNY card — instead of loose change — to pay for the bus. “I have no choice.”
The transit agency faces pockets of resistance among some older riders, despite presenting on the benefits of OMNY technology at scores of senior centers and other community sites across the city. MTA officials announced the discontinuation of coin fares on buses last October, after eliminating hand-to-hand cash transactions at subway station booths in the early days of the pandemic.
Officials have emphasized that unlike MetroCards — whose sales ended at the end of 2025 — OMNY cards can be refilled online, at more than 2,700 retail locations and without having to set foot into a subway station.
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Watch a live taping of a special Knickerbocker History of New York episode of The City Reporter’s FAQ NYC podcast all about blackouts, featuring Brooklyn Borough Historian Asad Dandia. Tuesday, Aug. 11, free at P&T Knitware on the Lower East Side. Doors open at 6:30, recording 7-8 p.m. RSVP here.
A Staten Island judge on Monday ruled against the implementation of an extra tax on luxury second homes in the city following a lawsuit alleging the tax’s rollout caused “mass confusion.”
Petitioners in the suit against the pied-à-terre tax — including the father and wife of City Councilmember Frank Morano of Staten Island — challenged the publication of a list of more than 900,000 homeowners’ names, addresses and property values as part of the rollout.
They also objected to letters the city sent to more than 17,000 homeowners who may have to pay the tax, saying officials “arbitrarily and capriciously foisted onto New York City residents the burden of proving they are not subject to the surcharge.” The plaintiffs didn’t oppose the tax and won’t be charged the fee, as all three are primary residents of the city.
State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ruled the city can’t assess or collect the surcharges, or grant any exemptions. The city’s Law Department moved to appeal the ruling Monday night in hope of continuing to implement the tax.
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