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Greetings.

Next week, March 2nd – 4th, the MTA will hold 5 public hearings in New York City on the proposed cuts to student MetroCards and service.

The Straphangers Campaign wants to help you speak out. There are many resources to help you prepare your statement in our Testimony Toolkit. The best testimony is to describe how the cuts will directly affect you, your family or your community.

If you want to speak, sign up right away. Each hearing will begin at 6pm. More information about the hearings is at http://bit.ly/MTAhearinginfo. The best ways to register are:

• Online: http://bit.ly/hearingreg


• Phone: call Douglas Sussman, Director, MTA Community Affairs at (212) 878-7483

If you want to make a written statement, we encourage you to submit a statement through the Straphangers Campaign's website. We will deliver your statement to the MTA at one of the hearings.

Lastly, here are three quick actions you can take right now to weight in:

• Sign the City Council/Straphangers Campaign petition


• Tell the MTA what you think about the cuts:


• After you take action, please consider forwarding this information to a friend.

With your leadership – and that of others you inform and recruit – we feel confident that the public will have a strong voice at these hearings.

If you have any questions, please email us back at straphangers@nypirg.org.

Sincerely,

Gene Russianoff, Cate Contino and Jason Chin-Fatt
NYPIRG's Straphangers Campaign staff.