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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

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Metro cards for all students is 323,000,000.

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