Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has ambitious plans for New York City, including his proposal to make buses free throughout the nation’s largest city.
That goal, however, will need support from state lawmakers in Albany and a green light from the governor, who controls the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that operates New York City’s public transit.
While speaking to reporters in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 8, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul cast doubts on Mamdani’s free bus plan.
“I cannot set forth a plan right now that takes money out of a system that relies on the fares of the buses and the subways,” she said….