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Council Member Brewer comments on GED students' ability to use half-fare cards
1:08:12
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Council Member Gale A. Brewer makes a brief remark about GED students receiving half-fare cards for transportation and compares their ability to use them with CUNY students. She suggests that if GED students can figure out how to use half-fare cards, CUNY students should definitely be able to do so as well.
- Brewer mentions that many young people in GED programs through the Department of Education receive half-fare cards.
- She notes that some GED students use the cards well, while others may not.
- Brewer implies that CUNY students should be capable of using similar transportation assistance programs if implemented.
Gale A. Brewer
1:08:12
I just wanna say one thing.
1:08:13
I know a lot of young people taking the GED program, Department of Education.
1:08:18
They all get half fare cards.
1:08:22
And I know too many of them, some of them okay, some of them not.
1:08:25
If they can figure it out, definitely your students can figure it out.
1:08:29
Thank you.