MTA ditches ban on alcohol ads, dropping activist stance in desperate bid for cash

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has lifted a ban on alcohol ads — dropping its public health activism in a desperate bid for more revenue.

The 180 was approved last month, undoing a ban in place since 2017.

The move has already drawn the ire of public health workers who gathered outside MTA headquarters on Wednesday to blast the transit agency before a scheduled board meeting.

“Promoting alcohol is a really curious decision for an authority that oversees bridges, tunnels and busways,” said Julia McCarthy, senior program officer with the New York Health Foundation…

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