{"id":162333,"date":"2025-08-20T23:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162333\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:34:09","slug":"new-yorkers-know-a-fare-hike-when-they-see-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/162333\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers know a fare hike when they see one"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cFare adjustment\u201d: That\u2019s what MTA boss Janno Lieber laughably calls the next subway-fare hike<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Give us a break: A hike is a hike. And every New Yorker knows it.<\/p>\n

Lieber is resorting<\/a> to Team Hochul\u2019s Orwellian-naming schtick for papering over bad news and rotten policy.<\/p>\n

As in the faux-wonk term \u201ccongestion pricing\u201d for a $9-per-trip tax that\u2019s still headed back to the originally-planned $15 \u2014 which will doubtless rise on in what Lieber can call \u201ca congestion pricing adjustment.\u201d<\/p>\n

More mush: Don\u2019t forget that Gov. Kathy Hochul bragged about \u201csaving\u201d New Yorkers money by starting with only $9 when she socked them with that tax, not the full $15?)<\/p>\n

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OK: The subway hike is just a dime, to $3 (for now). <\/p>\n

But it comes atop countless other taxes that hit New York residents with the nation\u2019s heaviest state- and local-tax burden.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile a small increase may seem like nothing to you at all, it makes a big difference,\u201d one resident, Hannah Reed, told MTA board members.<\/p>\n

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Yet the brass won\u2019t admit the truth: \u201cI would not call this a hike,\u201d board member\u00a0Neal Zuckerman huffed. It\u2019s \u201ca very gradual raise, and I think very respectful of the inflation and affordability issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

What arrogance. As one straphanger, Emmanuel Vasquez, fumed, \u201cThere\u2019s always flooding, there\u2019s always a brake emergency, there\u2019s always a power outage\u201d on the subway, but officials never stop zapping riders with hikes.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s despite the billions the agency collects not just from fares but city, state and federal tax revenue, corporations, individual taxes and, yes, \u201ccongestion pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n

And while it diverts money<\/a> to politically-driven projects like Second Avenue Subway expansion: On Monday, the board OK\u2019d a $1.9 billion contract for just a part of project; the final tab will run at least $7 billion for just three new stations.<\/p>\n

Lieber & Co. know darn well their repeated dips into New Yorkers\u2019 pockets sting; they just don\u2019t care to admit it.<\/p>\n

Why else hide behind weasel words?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFare adjustment\u201d: That\u2019s what MTA boss Janno Lieber laughably calls the next subway-fare hike. Give us a break:…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":162334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,13845,4691,5371,9904,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1269,93928,92787,28715,618,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-162333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-congestion-pricing","10":"tag-editorial","11":"tag-kathy-hochul","12":"tag-mta","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-opinion","20":"tag-second-avenue-subway","21":"tag-subway-fare","22":"tag-subways","23":"tag-taxes","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115063715777504794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}