Mamdani did not NYC buses for FREE

He will shite the bed in due time.

Weird so he lied about free?

When Mamdani was going on about the free transit and Government run groceries the media stayed silent... Just a few months before Kansas City Missouri had tried both and it failed miserably.. Not a word from the media about the failure..

forcing people to pay money to exercise the basic human right of travel is literally making me shake.

He's not Mayor yet.

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Fares are not set by the Mayors office (and he isn't mayor yet anyway) but by the Governors appointees.

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Somebody forgot to tell him, I guess…

Zohran Mamdani promises free buses for NYC. Here's a closer look at the plan and how it gets paid for.



CBS News New York- Zohran Mamdani made free buses one of his signature policy proposals during the New York City mayor's race, a campaign filled with ideas to make living in NYC more affordable.

Now that he has been elected as the city's next mayor, the self-proclaimed democratic socialist's work begins to turn the idea into action.

Zohran Mamdani's plan for free NYC buses

Back in the summer of 2024, the MTA was in the midst of a funding crunch that was exacerbated by a troubling problem - fare evasion. At the time, CBS News New York learned that nearly 50% of bus riders weren't paying, resulting in $315 million in lost revenue.

Mamdani, a Queens assemblyman, said people weren't paying because they couldn't afford it. He suggested making buses free and having the city and state reimburse the MTA.

"That's about $800 million a year, which may sound like a lot of money, and it is substantial, but in the context of a city budget that's north of $100 billion and a state budget that's north of $220 billion, this is just pennies," Mamdani said at the time.

While Mamdani's mayoral opponents were quick to criticize the idea, it resonated with a lot of New Yorkers.

How would the NYC free bus plan be paid for?

Mamdani told CBS New New York back in September that he would pay for free buses, along with his other democratic socialist policies, in part, by increasing the corporate tax rate to 11.5% -- the same as New Jersey -- and instituting a flat 2% tax rate for individuals earning $1 million or more.

"My vision for making the most expensive city in the United States of America affordable is actually one that benefits all of us," he said.

As mayor, he would need the help of Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature to raise taxes.

When asked about free buses on NY1 the morning after the election, Mamdani said, "We get to work on delivering them. That's what has to be the next steps here."

The mayor-elect made sure to point out he received endorsements during the campaign from the right people to start the process on many of his proposed policies.

"I'm proud to have the endorsement of Gov. Hochul, to have had the endorsements of Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins of the state Senate. These are also endorsements of an agenda of affordability, and I'm confident in delivering these same policies that we ran on for more than the last year," Mamdani said.



I guess the moral of the story is- never listen to silver tongued Socialists.

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He said NYC buses would cost THREE.

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He also isn’t the mayor yet….you guys are pathetic

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I guess his election is not going to cause the Convergence of the Spheres and end all life in New York as we know it.

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Not likely since a lot of what he promised to the minions is controlled by the state, not NYC. The issue is that his minions voted for this anyway. 24 years after 9/11.

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when Trump didnt lower egg prices day one..

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Most people in America don’t give a shite about the price of eggs when the opposing political party is teetering on communism