The phase out of the old vinyl swipe cards comes after the MTA's rollout of its tap-to-pay fare system faced years of delays.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Recently, the New York City Department of Social Services announced that the Fair Fares program would begin using the MTA’s OMNY fare payment system. This program, which offers eligible New Yorkers a 50% discount on subway, bus and para-transit fares, will soon switch from MetroCards to tap-to-pay OMNY cards.

MetroCards will soon be a thing of the past in New York City, the head of the MTA announced Wednesday. "Everybody knows we've been moving away from the MetroCard for a few years," MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said Wednesday morning,