Riders Alliance holds Albany rally for transit fix-up funds
Members of the Riders Alliance who have held several protest demonstrations over the past few months to demand that elected officials fix the city’s deteriorating transit system, took their case directly to state lawmakers by holding a rally in Albany.
Wearing green T-shirts and carrying signs reading “Fix the Subway” and “Fund Public Transit,” the protesters gathered on the steps outside the New York State Assembly Chamber and demanded that Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature provide long-term funding to address problems with subway and bus service.
A preliminary version of the state budget recently released by Cuomo did not contain long-term funding to fix New York’s ailing buses and subways.