NYCTracks’s exclusive interviews with Councilmen Charles Barron and James Vacca before the March 13 city council meeting on the MTA’s proposed cuts for student MetroCards.
| Brooklyn Councilman Charles Barron spoke to NYCTracks prior to the City Council’s meeting on the planned elimination of free student MetroCards. He takes aim at the MTA, questioning the need for its existence and challenging its financial honesty. | Councilman James Vacca speaks to NYCTracks prior to the City Council meeting on the elimination of free student MetroCards. He says it will put families in the unique and uncomfortable position of having to pick a public school for their children based on the affordability of transportation. |
— Colby Hamilton
