Why Mamdani’s ‘Free’ Buses Will Be Costly
The revenue those fares have generated will have to somehow be replaced — or its loss felt elsewhere in the transit system.
By HOWARD HUSOCK
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HOWARD HUSOCK
Westchester, New York
Howard Husock is a Contributor of The New York Sun.
Mr. Husock is a senior fellow for Domestic Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of ‘The Projects: A New History of Public Housing.’
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