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Council member emphasizes potential of Fair Fares program for CUNY students
0:58:37
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz emphasizes the potential of the Fair Fares program to benefit CUNY students who are not enrolled in specific support programs. He stresses the importance of providing guidance to students about this program as an alternative to free MetroCards.
- Dinowitz suggests that many students not in programs like CUNY EDGE or ASAP could still benefit from Fair Fares
- He mentions previous discussions about incorporating Fair Fares into CUNY programs and training administrators and advisers on it
- The council member views Fair Fares as an interim solution while working towards the goal of free MetroCards for all students
Eric Dinowitz
0:58:37
Thank you.
0:58:37
And and I again, to to repeat, councilor Brewer and I have both said the Fair Fairs program, I I it just sounds like a lot of students who may not be in CUNY EDGE, who may not be in a ASAP, who may not be in any of your thousand other programs can still benefit from this program if if only given the guidance.
0:59:00
And so this has been a discussion before on this committee during during the ASAP hearing about folding that program in and making sure administrators are in fact and advisers are in fact trained on it.
0:59:16
Because in lieu of the ability to provide free Metro cards, which all students should have, we are funding this program which can help the majority of CUNY students.