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Cost estimation for providing MetroCards to all CUNY students
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz inquires about the cost of providing MetroCards or OmniCards to all CUNY students. Vice Chancellor Reine Sarmiento provides a quick calculation of the total cost.
- The estimated cost for providing MetroCards to all CUNY students is $323 million
- This figure represents the cost for full-fare MetroCards for the entire student population
- The discussion highlights the significant financial investment required to provide universal transportation assistance
Eric Dinowitz
0:48:10
Okay.
0:48:11
Thank you.
0:48:12
I wanna talk about the metro cards for a second because you just mentioned now a number of times, and I think it was in two of your testimonies, how critical these Metro cards are.
0:48:26
Do you have a price tag for what it would be to have every student have a MetroCard or OmniCard but no tokens?
0:48:38
The students in the back said again, what's a token?
0:48:44
I'll give you my number later and you can put it in your Rolodex and call me on your rotary phones.
Reine Sarmiento
0:48:54
One quick calculation.
Eric Dinowitz
0:48:56
Okay.
Reine Sarmiento
0:49:10
Metro cards for all students is 323,000,000.