Committee on General Welfare holds Fair Fares oversight; multiple transit-related measures heard and laid over
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The New York City Council Committee on General Welfare (Chair: Crystal Hudson) met jointly with the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 6, 2026 at Council Chambers, City Hall. The committee held an oversight hearing on Fair Fares and heard introductions and resolutions related to automatic enrollment in city benefit programs, replacement transit benefit cards, and state-level transit fare policies; most items were laid over for further consideration.
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- T2026-1624 (Oversight - Fair Fares): Hearing held by committee; oversight was filed by the committee.
- Int 0248-2026 (automatic enrollment in city-created benefit programs): Hearing held; agency rule-making required; the introduction was laid over by the committee.
- Int 0825-2026 (department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards): Hearing held; the introduction was laid over by the committee.
- Res 0052-2026 (calls on the New York State Legislature and the New York State Governor to pass/sign S.3887A/A.7316A to provide a 50% discount for Fair Fares-eligible individuals and those at 200% of the federal poverty level on LIRR, paratransit, NYC Transit, and Metro-North): Hearing held; resolution was laid over by the committee.
- Res 0143-2026 (calls on the New York State Legislature and the New York State Governor to create unlimited transfers within a two-hour period for MTA pay-per-ride users): Hearing held; resolution was laid over by the committee.
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Committee on General Welfare
Jointly with the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Agenda
- Oversight - Fair Fares.
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to automatic enrollment of eligible individuals in city-created benefit programs
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards
- Jointly with the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, S.3887A/A.7316A, requiring that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is 200 percent of the federal poverty level receive a 50 percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York City Transit subways or buses, and the Metro-North Railroad
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, legislation, which would create unlimited transfers within the two-hour period of paying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway or bus fare for pay-per-ride users
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- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, legislation, which would create unlimited transfers within the two-hour period of paying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway or bus fare for pay-per-ride users
- Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the New York State Governor to sign, S.3887A/A.7316A, requiring that any individual who is eligible for the Fair Fares NYC program and any person whose income is 200 percent of the federal poverty level receive a 50 percent discount on trips using the Long Island Rail Road, paratransit services, New York City Transit subways or buses, and the Metro-North Railroad
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the department of social services issuing replacement transit benefit cards
- A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to automatic enrollment of eligible individuals in city-created benefit programs
- Oversight - Fair Fares.
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