Thanks for this.

Bronx native here, and I get back to NYC a couple of times a year.

I have one for you along the lines of "I got more." I think it would be useful for people to know about buying and using 7-day Metro cards. Yes, you will do a lot of walking, but if you have one of these cards, you will save a lot of money on transport and also in time, not having to wait ON LINE to buy tickets.

I wrote this medium piece about the benefits of using transit cards, and that includes NYC, of course: https://medium.com/globetrotters/the-benefit-of-transit-cards-in-cities-7fa8f549a568