NEW YORK — If you ask people in the Bronx what they think about making the bus free, you get a lot of versions of yes. "Why not? Yes, it definitely should," said Melanie Marrero, as she waited for the ...

Zohran Mamdani made free buses one of his signature policy proposals during the New York City mayor's race, a campaign filled with ideas to make living in NYC more affordable. Now that he has been ...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may have to pump the brakes on his idea to make buses free in the Big Apple. Speaking to reporters during a news conference on Nov. 8, Gov. Kathy Hochul said ...

We are glad that Gov. Hochul has now gotten on the bus along with MTA Chair Janno Lieber, Marc Molinaro, the head of the Federal Transit Administration, and serious transit advocates who all agree ...

The reporters interviewed transit and campaign officials, transportation planners and bus riders, and rode up and down Flatbush Avenue using a stopwatch. Oct. 26, 2025 Some of the slowest buses in ...