DUKE: I’ll Happily Pay $3 To Not Get Stabbed On My Commute

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Mamdani’s chief campaign promise hasn’t yet become reality, but its defenders are already glazing it in the legacy media.

BROKEN WINDOWS BUSING 

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New York City’s new mayor Zohran Mamdani made free buses a central part of his campaign platform. 

And the first iteration of this genius experiment may be closer than you think. 

The FIFA World Cup is coming to the Big Apple for a five-week period this summer and Mamdani is pressing Governor Kathy Hochul to make buses free during the event. 

Why does the mayor of the city need permission from the governor? Well, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which sets bus fares, is run by New York State. And so far Hochul has indicated she isn’t a big fan of Mamdani’s free busing push — primarily because bus and subway fares help cover a significant portion of the MTA’s $21 billion annual operating budget.

“Hot Girls for Zohran” either didn’t know or didn’t care that Mamdani didn’t have unilateral authority to make the buses free when they ranked him at the top of their ballot. 

But if Hochul does stand firm and stop this nonsense, they nonetheless owe her a big thank you. 

The typical bus fare in New York City is $3 per ride. That’s not an insurmountable amount for the vast majority of people who use the bus — although, admittedly, it does add up over the course of the year. That’s why New York already offers reduced fares to senior citizens, people with disabilities, and low-income residents. 

The reason they don’t just make the buses free isn’t........

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