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NEW YORK CITY OFFICIALS AND TRANSIT ADVOCATES CELEBRATE EXPANSION OF “FAIR FARES” PROGRAM
[“Fair Fares” Program Expansion] Mayor Bill de Blasio: “Access to public transportation is a basic right—not a luxury for the wealthy. With Fair Fares, ...
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCACY GROUP RIDERS ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
[The Riders Alliance\Betsy Plum] The Riders Alliance announced today that the organization has selected Betsy Plum as its next Executive Director…In her prior roles, ...
NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION INTO NYPD’S ALLEGED TARGETING OF BLACKS AND LATINOS ON NYC SUBWAYS
[Racial Policing\MTA\Fare Evasion] Attorney General James: “We’ve all read the stories and seen the disturbing videos of men, women, and children being harassed, dragged ...
TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS TO MTA AND GOVERNOR CUOMO: WE NEED BETTER SERVICE—NOT MORE POLICE
[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 ...
NY TRANSIT AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: INVEST IN MTA SERVICE UPGRADES NOT MORE MTA POLICE
[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 ...
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ADVOCATES DECRY GOVERNOR CUOMO’S NEW PLAN TO OVERPOLICE TRANSIT SYSTEM
[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 ...
TRANSIT ADVOCATES TO GOVERNOR CUOMO: MORE MONEY IS NEED TO UPGRADE NYC BUS LINES
[Transit News\ NYC Bus Redesign Program] Riders Alliance member Latchmi Gopal: “We are happy that the MTA is redesigning all the routes, but in ...
QUEENS ELECTED OFFICIALS CELEBRATE GOVERNOR CUOMO’S SIGNING OF RELIGIOUS ATTIRE BILL
[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 ...
NYC: MTA Continues Phased Rollout of OMNY System to Replace Metrocard
In four years time the Metrocard, which debuted in 1993 and replaced the subway token, will also become a thing of the past, ...
MTA STATION AGENT HONORED FOR ACT OF HEROISM
MTA Employee Ralph Johnson courtesy of MTA/Marc A. Hermann When MTA Station Agent Ralph Johnson decided to head into work early last September during ...
