From: "rosaphilia rugosa" <rosaphilia-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: MTA-Bored-Bullionayrez F*** the mad again: MTA's Own Council Condemns MTA
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:13:16 EST



please feel free to let the nyc mta know if and how you are displeased with 
their continuing to deny menally ill people on medicaid (the poorest an most 
desperate disabled people in nyc) 1/2-fare cards just so they (the MTA bored 
bullyonaerez and their cronyees) can line the pockets of their friends and 
subccontractors with perks and other incentives...and also so they can 
continue to jerk around the unionz -- anyone notice a freakin trend?

or just outta plain bigotry.

please feel free to stay legal or at least not let me know otherwise. if i'm 
goina become an unindicted co-conspirator, at least lemme go with a 
semblance of witlessnes and inna cell with a cute grrl or prison guard or 
three or four!



>From: Falesq-AT-aol.comrugosa-AT-interport.net
>Subject: MTA's Own Council Condemns MTA
>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 06:32:02 EST
>
>January 28, 2000
>
>Memo To:  Half Fare Fairness Distribution
>
>Armed with fifty copies of Joyce Purnick's January 17th New York Times
>article, "When a Law Isn't a Law, What to Do?", and hundreds of  "Half Fare
>Fairness" MetroCards, mental health advocates attended today's meeting of 
>the
>New York City Transit Riders Council (the "TRC"), seeking an answer to why
>the MTA refuses to implement the Fairness Law on New York City buses and
>subways.
>
>The TRC is a legislatively created Citizens Watchdog Group of the MTA 
>charged
>with the responsibility to oversee and review the operations of the MTA.
>
>At a moving meeting, the TRC overwhelmingly voted to condemn the MTA's
>failure to implement the Fairness Law on New York City buses and subways.
>
>TRC Board members denounced the MTA's decade-old delaying tactics which
>required advocates to enact the Fairness Law.  They noted that the MTA 
>could
>have achieved Fairness administratively and voluntarily many years ago.
>
>After reviewing Ms. Purnick's article, listening to the Legislative history
>of the Fairness Bill, and hearing a moving presentation from Ms. Trudy 
>Mason
>in which she recounted her attempt to implement Fairness administratively 
>15
>years ago, and the basis for her passion for mental health issues, the TRC
>adopted the following resolution:
>
>             Be it resolved that, the TRC urge the MTA to direct
>             the New York City Transit Authority to implement
>             Reduced Fare Priviledges for S.S.I./Medicaid recipients
>             with a diagnosis of serious mental illness.
>
>While the resolution will not be official until the minutes of the meeting
>are approved next month, the TRC's action today is another strong statement
>that the MTA should have voluntarily implemented Fairness for 
>S.S.I./Medicaid
>recipients with serious mental illness years ago; that the intent of the
>Legislative and Governor is clear, and that there is nothing technically
>deficient with the current Half Fare Fairness Law.
>
>Today it was confirmed by the MTA's own Transit Rider's Council that the
>delaying tactics and fault are centered at MTA Executive Headquarters at 
>347
>Madison Avenue, New York, NY.
>
>Please share this email with your networks.
>
>Regards,
>Fred A. Levine
>


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