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District 28 CEC unanimously adopts resolution calling for unlimited, year‑round student OmniCards
Summary
After a student presentation and discussion, the Community Education Council for District 28 voted unanimously Feb. 5 to adopt a resolution urging the DOE and MTA to provide unlimited, year‑round student OmniCards to all New York City public school students and to improve deactivation and replacement processes.
The Community Education Council for New York City Geographic District #28 unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 5 backing a student‑led campaign to expand access to the student OmniCard, the transit fare card issued to schoolchildren.
The resolution, which the council debated and edited during the meeting, calls on the New York City Department of Education and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide student OmniCards to all public school students “without limitation or exclusion based on distance from school, transportation eligibility, attendance status, program type, or housing circumstance,” and to make the cards active year‑round with unlimited rides.
Students from the Transportation Alternatives Youth Activist Committee laid out four asks during the public portion of the meeting. August…
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