[COVID-19\Homelessness\Subways]
‘As the operator of a COVID-19 isolation shelter for homeless people recovering from this awful disease, Housing Works has seen first-hand the impact of the epidemic on persons at unconscionable risk in congregate shelters or trying to survive on the streets.”
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[MTA\COVID-19\Congress]
Leaders of Powerful Advocacy, Business and Labor Groups To Amplify MTA’s Call for Federal Rescue Funds to Prevent Collapse of Nation’s Largest Transit System.
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[MTA\COVID-19]
“New York will not return to work and other aspects of our lives primarily in automobiles. We not only need the MTA to continue to function through the worst of the crisis…”
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[COVID-19\MTA Transit]
Riders Alliance’s Betsy Plum: “Many New Yorkers continue to rely on public transit even while living in fear of contracting and spreading the Coronavirus…public transit is a lifeline even during a pandemic health crisis.”
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[MTA Subway Accessibility]
Riders and advocates will kick off a citywide, multi-platform photo-petition drive urging Governor Cuomo to fund the MTA’s station accessibility plan, delivering an on-time MTA capital program and rolling out congestion pricing.
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[Transportation News\MTA Policing]
State Senator Alessandra Biaggi: “Instead of spending $249 million on a new police force, the MTA should increase bus and train service or make much-needed repairs to our ailing public transportation system. At a time when the MTA is already operating in the red, spending millions to hire more police officers is nonsensical and will just contribute to the over-policing of low-income New Yorkers and communities of color.”
Photo: Danny Pearlstein\Riders Alliance
[New York News\MTA]
Riders Alliance Community Organizer Danna Dennis: “Riders need more subways and buses, not an expensive new police force. Governor Cuomo should cancel his order for the MTA to hire new police officers it cannot afford and doesn’t need. The governor needs to face the facts: crime is down and ridership is up. New Yorkers need more service and less surveillance, more public transit and less abuse of the public trust.”
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[New York News\MTA]
Afua Atta-Mensah, Executive Director of Community Voices Heard: “The crackdown on low-income communities of color trying to access public transit must end. We cannot stand by as the MTA and the NYPD continue to criminalize poverty and harass working-class people. We are proud to stand with organizations and individuals who are fighting back against this onslaught. Together, we are all working to build a city that is accessible and affordable for all New Yorkers.”
Photo: courtesy Daniel Coates / Riders Alliance
[Transit News\ NYC Bus Redesign Program]
Riders Alliance member Latchmi Gopal: “We are happy that the MTA is redesigning all the routes, but in order for the MTA’s redesign to make a difference, we need to see Governor Cuomo commit the necessary funds to make this effort successful and reflective of the needs of the community. This kind of grand investment in our transit systems happens once every 50 years but it only works if the governor puts state money where his mouth is. Too often, the already marginalized members of this city aren’t treated fairly or given necessary public services. It is especially pertinent to invest in better transit for Black and Brown Communities.”
Photo: Riders Alliance
[Religious\Employment Discrimination]
Assemblyman David Weprin: “Today we celebrate a great victory against hate and discrimination. Finally in a state as diverse as ours, people of faith no longer have to choose between their religion and their jobs,” said Assemblyman David I. Weprin. “I applaud Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for taking a strong stand in support of the rights of all New Yorkers and signing this legislation into law. I also thank Senator John C. Liu for sponsoring the bill in the Senate and making it a priority during his first term.”
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