MTA: Don’t Leave New Yorkers Stranded

Stop the MTA from Cutting Service New Yorkers Depend On

Students, Seniors and Disabled Riders Face Critical Losses, Rally Against Cuts
 Tell the MTA not to cut our Student MetroCards or paratransit services!
 Urge the MTA to adopt alternative plans presented by New Yorkers and their elected leaders!

What can you do? Join the New York City Council and the Straphangers Campaign:
 Sign our petition http://council.nyc.gov/html/action_center/mta.shtml
 Contact the MTA. Urge them to find alternative ways to prevent these terrible cuts and to
ensure an open public process. By phone: (212) 878-7483
or email: http://www.mta.info/faqs.htm
 Contact Governor Paterson. Let him know what transit service means to you.
Contact Governor Paterson at - http://www.state.ny.us/governor/contact/index.html
 Don’t let the MTA pass these cuts without public input!
Please attend the MTA hearings — dates and locations on reverse side.

For more information, contact:

Nick Rolf at speakerquinn@council.nyc.gov or 212-442-5765
Jason Chin-Fatt at straphangers@nypirg.org or 212-349-6460

Check the NYC Council and Straphangers webpages for updates at:
http://council.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml — www.straphangers.org

New York City Council Council Member

Speaker Christine C. Quinn James Vacca
3rd District, Manhattan 13th District, Bronx
Chair: NYCC Transportation Committee
Phone: (212) 788-6871
Email: speakerquinn@council.nyc.gov 3040 East Tremont Avenue, Room 104
Subject: MTA Cuts Bronx, NY 10461
Phone: (718) 931-1721
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Attend the MTA’s Upcoming Public Hearings

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Contact Governor Paterson. Let him know what transit service means to you.
Contact Governor Paterson at - http://www.state.ny.us/governor/contact/index.html
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Time: 6 p.m. Time:
Please attend the MTA hearings — dates and locations 6 p.m.
on reverse side.
College of Staten Island
Sheraton LaGuardia ForEast Hotel
more information, contact:
Springer Concert Hall
Phoenix Ballroom
Nick Rolf at speakerquinn@council.nyc.gov or 212-442-5765
1P Building, 2800 Victory Boulevard
135-20 39th Avenue, Flushing, Queens Staten Island
Jason Chin-Fatt at straphangers@nypirg.org or 212-349-6460
Directions:
Check the NYC Council and Straphangers
Directions:webpages for updates at:
7 train to Flushing-Main Street; Q12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20A/B, 26, 27,
S62/92; from Manhattan: X10, X11; from Brooklyn: S53 to S62/92, S93
28, 34, 44, 48, 58, 25/65, 66, QBx1, N20, 21; LIRR to Flushing-Main Street
NYCT shuttle bus will operate from CSI bus stop to concert Hall
http://council.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml — www.straphangers.org

Wednesday • March 3, 2010 Wednesday • March 3, 2010

Time: 6 p.m. Time: 6 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum The Paradise Theater
Cantor Auditorium 2403 Grand Concourse
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn at 187th Street, Bronx
Directions: 2, 3 trains to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum; Directions: B, D, trains to Fordham Road; Bx1, Bx2, Bx12 SBS,
4,5 trains to Franklin Avenue, Franklin Ave Shuttle S to BxM4A, BxM4B to Fordham Road; MNR to Fordham Road
Botanic Garden; B, Q trains

Thursday • March 4, 2010 • Time: 6 p.m.

Fashion Institute of Technology
Haft Auditorium, Seventh Avenue at 27th Street, Manhattan
Directions:
1 train to 28th Street, 1, 2, 3, A, C, E trains to 34th Street-Penn Station, B, D, F, V, N, R, Q, W trains to 34th Street-Herald Sq; M4, 6, 7, 10, 16, 20, 34, Q32