MTA boss Janno Lieber slams Mamdani’s free-bus plan as half-baked — and more expensive than he claims

MTA’s boss tapped the brakes on Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promise to provide free buses across the Big Apple — ...

MTA chairman questions economics of Mamdani’s free bus plan, says it needs study

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber signaled his opposition Wednesday to one of the signature policy proposals of Democratic mayoral ...

MTA bus driver arrested after man, 87, hit and killed in Brooklyn: NYPD

The video above aired on June 3, 2025. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) – An MTA bus driver is facing charges after an 87-year-old ...

NYC mayoral campaign: Mamdani responds to MTA free bus criticism; Cuomo walks back dig at Adams

Democratic mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani said he was taking MTA Chairman Janno Lieber’s cautionary tone regarding the ...
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Days before NYC mayoral election, MTA chair trashes Mamdani's pitch for free buses

MTA Chair Janno Lieber has for months praised Zohran Mamdani's enthusiasm for transit funding, but has also dismissed his free bus pitch as unfeasible.