Train riders in Sandy areas get a fare break on storm's anniversary

Rockaways and Bay Ridge residents who went without train service after Superstorm Sandy will get a free trip Tuesday in honor of the storm's anniversary.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo offered free fare all day for the 30,000 daily A-train riders who enter between Howard Beach and the Rockaway Peninsula and the 65,000 daily R train riders in Brooklyn.

Gene Russianoff, a transit advocate at the Straphangers Campaign, said Friday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gift to riders was a "sincere gesture" but added that "a better action would be for state leaders to pledge to fully fund the MTA's upcoming five-year rebuilding program."