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…