§ 1205. Rates of fare and levels of service. 1. Notwithstanding the\nprovisions of any other law, the terms of any contract or franchise, the\nauthority shall have the power at all times to fix or adjust the rate or\nrates of fare to be charged for the use of any transit facility operated\nby the authority as may in the judgment of the authority be necessary to\nmaintain the operations of the authority on a self-sustaining basis. The\noperations of the authority shall be deemed to be on a self-sustaining\nbasis, as required by this title, when the authority is able to pay from\nrevenue, from any funds granted or transferred to the authority pursuant\nto any provision of law, including funds granted pursuant to the\nprovisions of section ninety-eight-b of the general municipal law, and\nfrom any other funds actually available to the authority, including the\nproceeds of borrowings for working capital purposes, the expenses of\noperation of the authority as the same shall become due.\n 2. Upon the written request of the mayor the authority shall permit\nreduced fares for one or more classes of transit facility users\ndesignated by the mayor upon the agreement of the city to assume the\nburden of the resulting differential, together with the attendant\nadministrative costs of the authority, pursuant to procedures\nsatisfactory to the authority.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,\nno zonal system of fares proposed to be instituted on or after March\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-eight for the use of the whole or any part\nof a rapid transit facility or of an omnibus line facility operated by\nthe authority and no general revision of the system of transfers\napplicable to the use of all such facilities in effect as of that date\nshall be established without the written approval of the mayor. For the\npurposes of this subdivision the term "zonal system of fares" shall mean\nany system whereby the fare payable for the use of a rapid transit\nfacility or an omnibus line facility or of any part thereof varies\naccording to distance traveled or to the location of the point of entry\nor departure by the user, but the creation or elimination of free\ntransfer points shall not be regarded as the institution of such a\nsystem.\n 4. From and after March first, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, no\nsubstantial or general change in the levels of service furnished upon\nthe rapid transit facilities or the omnibus line facilities of the\nauthority shall be instituted except upon not less than thirty days'\nwritten notice to the mayor and to the board of estimate.\n 5. (a) Any complete or partial closing of a passenger station within\nthe city of New York, or any means of public access to such facility,\nexcept for purposes of repair or renovation or in case of emergency\nshall be accomplished only if approved by resolution of the authority\nadopted by not less than a majority of the whole number of members of\nthe authority then in office, and only after a public hearing. Such\nhearing shall be held not less than thirty days after notice of such\nproposed closing has been given to, and comments solicited from, the\ncommunity board as established pursuant to section eighty-four of the\nNew York city charter whose area of jurisdiction includes the station\nproposed to be closed or otherwise affected.\n (b) In the case of a planned complete closure of a passenger station\nfor purposes of repair or renovation, where such station will be out of\nservice for sixty days or longer the MTA board shall adopt a policy,\nwithin ninety days of the effective date of the chapter of the laws of\ntwo thousand nineteen which amended this subdivision, that will ensure\nadequate communication of such work to impacted stakeholders where such\npassenger station is located including but not limited to: elected\nrepresentatives, senate and assembly representatives, and community\nboards at least forty-five days prior to such closur
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