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Leveraging Fair Fares program for CUNY students
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz inquires about CUNY's efforts to leverage the Fair Fares program to provide low-cost MetroCards for students. The discussion focuses on how CUNY advisors, particularly in the ASAP program, are utilizing this city-funded initiative.
- Fair Fares provides half-price MetroCards to low-income residents
- 55% of CUNY students are living at or below the poverty line, making many potentially eligible for Fair Fares
- The ASAP program incorporates transportation assistance as part of its support services
- There's a call for broader outreach to help non-ASAP students access Fair Fares benefits
Eric Dinowitz
0:49:15
Correct.
0:49:18
Okay.
0:49:19
Thank you.
0:49:19
323,000,000 for all students.
0:49:21
And to what degree are is are your advisers in the ASAP program leveraging programs like Fair Fairs where the city council already invests millions and millions of dollars?
0:49:33
Given that, I think, 55% of your students are living at or below the poverty line, To what degree is are are your counselors and ASAP advisors leveraging fair fares to provide students at the very least with low cost metro cards?
Reine Sarmiento
0:49:49
It is it is one of the major draws for students into the ASAP program.
0:49:55
So as a condition of them registering and meeting with their advisor, it's when they get those cards to be able to travel back and forth to school.
0:50:06
So it is part of the fabric of the ongoing retention program for ASAP to be able to not only with the provide support for transportation but books and supplies.
Eric Dinowitz
0:50:18
Right.
0:50:18
I I under so I'm gonna be a little more clear.
0:50:20
The ASAP program provides metro cards for students.
0:50:25
To for the students, whether or not they're in ASAP, if they are not in the program, if they're part time, to what degree are your the the faculty at the school leveraging some of the other programs we have and that we in the city council have funded like Fair Fairs, which provides half fare metro cards to people.
0:50:48
I I think we're trying to explain it to a 45% of the poverty line.
0:50:52
Or it's maybe it's at 145%, and we're trying to bring it up to 200.
0:50:57
Either way, it is a program that can help a number of students.
0:51:01
Are your faculty members helping students at least enroll in that program?