Urgent Alert!!!
Calling All Access-A-Ride Users
We need you to be at a press event!!!
The Press Event will be Tomorrow, Wednesday December 16, 2009 at 9:00 am
in
front of Sellis Manor: 135 W 23rd Street, New York, NY. The event is
being
hosted by State Sen. Tom Duane and Assemblyman Micah Kellner. Like you
these two legislators have had enough of the MTA run-around over their
mishandling of their budget. The MTA cannot turn to the disabled
community
every time they come-up- short in their management of the business they
claim only they can do. Join us tomorrow to insure your voice is heard.
Background:
Over the past few years the MTA's poor budget management skills leads them
to a deficit situation more often then not; however, in most recent years,
the MTA has used the disabled community to force the state into bailing
them
out. Who wants to take from the people who need it the most? The MTA
holds
up the community of people with disabilities and tells the state "we will
take from them first." If this type of exploitation were to happen in any
other forum the instigator would find themselves in court facing
discrimination charges. We must stop this exploitation by the MTA. Come
out tomorrow and join in on the MTA Bashing or stay home and find yourself
a
prisoner of your own home when you cannot afford to go out.
The MTA is proposing to double the Access-A-Ride fare from $2.25 to $4.50
and reduce the ride from origin to the nearest public transit venue where
the user will ride one of the accessible means of transportation to a
location near their destination. From that location the user will then
have
to schedule another ride to their destination. Do we have to pay for the
three rides totaling $11.25 one way? Good question: I have asked it of
Easter Seals project Action. Additionally can the NTA charge the feds for
two rides as a result of the beginning and ending leg? Another good
question: I also have this one out for a response. Come see and save
Access-A-Ride tomorrow at 9 am at 135 W 23rd street.
Remember if we don't fight to save the ride, we shouldn't complain when it
goes the way of budget cuts. Come be a part of the team looking to
preserve
Access-A-Ride. I will be there looking for you, and I hope to see you
there
too
Mike Godino
Director of Advocacy, BCID
Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, Inc.
27 Smith Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201-5111
Voice: 718-998-3000
TTY: 718-998-7406
Fax: 718-998-3743
mgodino@xxxxxxxx
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