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

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber signaled his opposition Wednesday to one of the signature policy proposals of Democratic mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani — fare-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.

The MTA plopped down another $5 million to combat fare evasion on buses – as scofflaws continue to avoid the farebox with impunity. A pilot program that gives MTA workers handheld devices to check if ...