Fare hearings a waste of time?

[Trainspotter]

Fare hearings a waste of time?

 

Misha Jemison says she is the face of the fare hike.

 

A Lehman College sophomore who works two jobs to make ends meet, Jemison says that the $76 she pays for a monthly MetroCard already stretches her budget thin. "When you add money to our fares you are hurting the middle class, the students," she told board members at one of the eight Metropolitan Transportation Authority public hearings held on the fare hike. "We are the face of the fare hike."

 

Full story: AMNY - November 19, 2007