Betsy Testifies at MTA Hearing on Proposed Fare Hikes

Last night, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum testified at the final MTA Hearing on the proposed fare hikes and service cuts at Lehman College.

Betsy Gotbaum said, "I support tolling on the bridges as well as the business payroll tax as a means of preventing services cuts and fare increases.  A proposal to raise fares yet again is a tough pill to swallow under the best of circumstances. But this year especially, we need to do everything we can to spare the most vulnerable New Yorkers—those with low incomes, the elderly, the disabled—any additional financial burden."

Read the full testimony here.