The base fare of the New York City Ferry will go up to $4 a ride — with new discounts for seniors and Fair Fare program participants — as the city tries to make its program financially “sustainable,” officials said.
The hike and new pricing structure comes as the city’s Economic Development Corporation had begun pumping more tax-payer money each year into the system, which launched in 2017 under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio.
The tack change also comes a week after Comptroller Brad Lander released an audit — spurred in part on THE CITY’s reporting — that found the system spent almost double the amount it originally said on subsidies to keep it afloat.
Under the new price system, set to launch Sept. 12, the base fare of $2.75 will go up to $4.
New Yorkers over the age of 65, those with disabilities, and participants in the Fair Fares program — which offers half-priced rides within the MTA system for low-income commuters — will get a discounted price of $1.35 per ticket, officials announced.
Public housing residents within a mile of a ferry dock will also get two free boat rides a month.
“Getting around New York City shouldn’t feel like you’re running a 5K. Wherever you live in the five boroughs, we want you to have choices, and our vision for the NYC Ferry helps provide New Yorkers with those choices,” Mayor Eric Adams said at the announcement near the Astoria dock on Thursday.
He said his administration’s “Ferry Forward” plan would be “built on the three pillars of equity, accessibility, and fiscal sustainability.”
The $4 base fare will “offset the cost of everyday New Yorkers who need to take the system,” Adams said.
There will also be discounted 10-pack rides at $27.50 to retain regular commuters who ride the ferry the most.
Finally, but there's still one thing they overlooked, the free Hornblower shuttle buses that the NYC Ferry provides. How about another fare for those?
14 comments:
"we want you to have choices"
I will continue to drive my SUV thank you.
"Public housing residents within a mile of a ferry dock will also get two free boat rides a month."
LOL! I really, really wish New York City were run by serious adults, and not tween girls like Brad Lander.
Check your belly mulch! Belly nice!
Why not investigate debOasio and the wife for the $960 million that disappeared with no accountability ?
Is Attorney General "Tish" investigating this ?
Why not drive ?
A twitter leftist said gas prices are down.
Ah, DeBozo's scam. The gift that keeps giving.
They'll spin their wheels about this for awhile (Until the elections) making certain that they milk a lot of press out of this, so that they appear to be on the "Side of the people" then some blood sucker will quietly pass some cash under a table to them and then it will go away like it always does until the next election cycle. When the people will re-elect the assholes that have been shafting them all along. Same as it ever was...
Boats are for communists.
Prove me wrong ..,
The corruption begins with the welfare state/mixed economy. By what moral right does the government step in and rob Peter to fund Paul? Subsidies, stimulus packages, are THEFT.
Consider it another gift from de Blasio.
Should we think donation , lobby or Bribe ?
If something makes sense Democrats are against it.
These boats and special buses are no better then the subway.
Actually more intimate then a rush hour ride on the 7 train !! You know the one, the hot rails to hell.
- Lets see:
- Assholes with the book bags and back packs:
- Hey, If your bag more than 3 inches off of your back for god's sakes put it in front of you! I can't tell you how many times some retard with a back bag extending feet tall off his her back has decided to turn around and clock me. Yeah, that was me you hit running for the door or map you shitbag. I hate you!
The worst !! The sheer amount of people who came in smelling like a garbage dump in summer blows me away. Hair so greasy it hung off their head in clumps, BO so bad, teeth covered in weeks of caked-on plaque, people with stained clothing that reeked of animal urine, people that smelled like literal shit, people with AIDS and monkey pox etc. How can anyone live like that? I had to hold my breath at times. I can't understand how people can be just fine with being completely nasty.
Alas, The cherry on such $11 floating shitcake.
Approximately twelve inches from my leg is a dirty, peeling foot in a filthy, worn flip-flop. Yes, it’s the feet on chairs scenario. Think about the floor you walk on, urines, chewing gum, saliva, everything you don’t want on your clothes nor you.
Oh you came from a nightclub and are a bit drunk? Hey I get drunk too sometimes but I still know better.
Nightlubs: The bars are covered with every virus & fingerprint and bacteria possible. The toilets are sticky, the dancefloor is sticky, and let me tell you that isn’t just-drinks. That grime is now on your shoes, which is now in the seats, which is now on us. Just leave your feet on the floor, where they are supposed to be.
I will no longer ride public transportation.
-Zoë
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