New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may have to pump the brakes on his idea to make buses free in the Big Apple. Speaking to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 8, Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York Governor Kathy Hochul is pumping the brakes on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's campaign promise to make city buses free. On Monday, the governor said she is not ready to move ...

The wheels are coming off the socialist bus. Gov. Kathy Hochul slammed the brakes on supporting Zohran Mamdani’s $700 million call for free city buses — casting doubt that one of the far-left ...

New York City, take this as a warning: The “free bus” program that Zohran Mamdani has made a key part of his platform in his campaign for mayor is a proven failure. We have seen it with our own eyes ...

The cost of Zohran Mamdani’s free bus proposal could be more than his estimate of about $700 million. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber this week finally weighed in on the logistics in an interview on ...

New Yorkers want better public transportation and a more affordable city. Politicians argue that fare-free buses will deliver both. But eliminating fares could cost the city $1 billion, depriving it ...

Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist candidate running for New York City mayor, has proposed free public buses as part of his campaign. It's become a major part of his platform, as he and his ...

In 2023, two transit agencies went shopping for new buses. Denver’s Regional Transportation District (RTD) and the Cincinnati area’s Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority (SORTA) both bought ...

State law requires every school bus across New York to be powered by clean electric energy by 2035, and bans non-electric school bus purchases by 2027. Environmental advocates are pushing for a City ...

One of the busiest buses in New York City, the Bx12, starts its route at one end of the A train, in Inwood at the very top of Manhattan, and runs across to Co-op City, in the Bronx—the largest housing ...

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- School districts in New York can get up to four extra years to buy all-electric buses, according to legislation signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul today. Previously, state law required ...