Storefronts, pay phones, subway stairs — O city of lost gloves!
Storefronts, pay phones, subway stairs O city of lost gloves!
(To get to them, though, you have to pay a subway fare).
Today, revenue from bridge and tunnel tolls is used to back many of the bonds issued by the authority, which pay for subway repairs and big projects like new stations.
Under the bill, the amount that commuters can withhold each month, as a pretax deduction, to pay for subway, bus, train or ferry fares would rise to $155 from $105, and then to $200 starting in 2010.
Basically the only thing LinkNYC can't do is pay your subway fare or tell you the best place to go out on Halloween.
"Plus, I haven't had to pay for Subway food in quite a while".
All the money came from the agency's capital budget, which also pays for subway cars and buses.
A police official said Mr. Sicker was arrested about a dozen times, mostly for not paying for subway fares.
The Building Trades Employers' Association, a group that represents contractors, has paid for subway advertisements and a Web site directly appealing to union members to agree to concessions, angering union leadership in the process.
