Zohran Mamdani, New York City
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An OMNY card isn’t necessary to ride the New York City subway if you have a credit or debit card with a chip, or a digital wallet in your smartphone. However, a physical OMNY card is also available for purchase at vending machines in subway stations, as well as at local bodegas and pharmacies. Cash can be used to purchase and load an OMNY card.
The New York City subway is set to switch from the MetroCard to OMNY, a contactless payment system, at the start of the new year. The last day to buy or refill a MetroCard, which launched in 1994, is Wednesday,
You don't have to be the mayor to tour the abandoned City Hall subway station, but you do have to be a member of the New York Transit Museum.
NEW YORK -- When the MetroCard replaced the New York City subway token in 1994, the swipeable plastic card infused much-needed modernity into one of the world’s oldest and largest transit systems. Now, more than three decades later, the gold-hued fare card and its notoriously finicky magnetic strip are following the token into retirement.