Gene Russianoff
Gene Russianoff
Gene Russianoff is staff attorney and chief spokesman for the Straphangers Campaign, a New York City-based public transport advocacy group that focuses primarily on subway and bus services run by New York City Transit. At the same time, Russianoff has also served as a government reform advocate for NYPIRG...
handing literature people
They know where the people are. But what are they doing for the people they're handing the literature to?
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I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway, ... That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.
booth capital cut cuts elevator fact fare hike mayor million operators program station taking voting year
I'm not big on the mayor taking the subway. That doesn't make up for the fact that he cut the city's contribution to the MTA capital program from $100 million a year to $75 million. It doesn't make up for his voting for the first fare hike and cuts in elevator operators and station booth attendants.
dramatic
It's disappointing, because there have been dramatic changes.
million spent staggering
It was staggering that he's already spent $47 million to get elected.
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If it works ... that would be great, but it should be subject to rigorous, tough testing.
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The words 'defense contractor' kind of worries me.
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Arbitration - in which the rank and file will have no vote - is a recipe for potential unrest for years to come.
consequences necessary
This is a necessary consequence of maintaining the system.
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It's about time that riders here enjoyed the same timely arrival and delay information that systems around the world have had for years.
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Traditionally, all the mayors that have been around during the time I've been around - Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani and Bloomberg - their hearts are not in the subways. The state runs them.
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The only pledge I'd believe is, if either one or both of them said, 'I'm going to be mayor in 2007 and, if the MTA has a deficit, I'll fill it with city money,'