City businesses must allow workers to buy MetroCards with pretax money

City businesses will be required to let their workers pay for MetroCards with pretax money under a bill passed Tuesday by the City Council. The bill, which passed unanimously, says that businesses with at least 20 workers must participate in a federal program allowing them to set aside cash for transit costs without paying taxes. The program was previously optional. The rules will cover 450,000 people, and the average New Yorker who buys a monthly MetroCard will save $443 a year, backers say. “We are going to give our transit riders a much-needed break,” said Councilman Daniel Garodnick (D-Manhattan).

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