Manhattan Greens

New York’s transit system is a public servant. It is a system that mobilizes millions of people daily for work and paly. We depend on it for our livelihood, and to live better, low-carbon lives. But in the face of state and city budget crises, the MTA has taken measures that jeopardize working people’s livelihoods by:

*Laying off 900 transit workers
*Massive service cuts to trains and buses, leaving whole neighborhoods without public transit access
*Planning another fare hike for next year to be imposed on city residents already battered by the recession

It’s time we TAKE BACK PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION! Unlike the Democratic and Republican bureaucrats and politicians who have lead the way in putting working people of New York City last, The Green Party and our candidates support:

*Using available federal stimulus money to avoid lay offs, rehire workers, demand the re-opening of station booths, and reduce transit fares
*Cutting huge MTA executive salaries
*Forcing all multi-million-dollar capital contracts to be bid on, ending no-bid contracting
*Banning privatization of any transport service
*Audit the agency in a bi-yearly basis, implementing recommendations by state and city comptrollers

The Green Party wants to use public money for job creation and force the MTA into fiscal discipline before further exposing commuters to policies with negative impacts.

Vote for Green Party candidates HOWIE HAWKINS for GOVERNOR,  GLORIA MATTERA for LT. GOV., JULIA WILLEBRAND for COMPTROLLER, COLIA CLARK and CECILE LAWRENCE for U.S. SENATE and GREENS for the STATE LEGISLATURE!

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