Here’s the press release from Bill and Marty. They were on 9th Street and Fifth Avenue this morning at a B75 bus stop, one of the routes the MTA is proposing to cut service on. Like we really need fewer buses in Brooklyn. Come on. They’re already too few and far between as anyone who has ever waited for the Seventh and Fifth Avenue buses knows!

Councilmember Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Marty
Markowitz and community members held a rally to protest the MTA’s
recent proposal to eliminate numerous subway and bus lines serving
Brooklyn. The rally was held at the B75 bus stop on Fifth
Avenue and Ninth Street in Park Slope – one of the routes for which the
authority is proposing to cut weekday and weekend service. Elected
leaders also called on the Ravitch Commission to recommend reinstating
the commuter tax, rather than placing tolls on the East River bridges. 

 

"The
solution to the MTA’s financial crisis is not nickel and diming the
working families who depend on the subway and bus system to get to work
everyday. We must look toward creative solutions, like
reinstating the Commuter Tax, that will not disproportionately burden
outer borough New Yorkers, as fare hikes, service cuts, and placing
tolls on the East River bridges undoubtedly will," said Councilmember
Bill de Blasio.