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Photos of last week's MTA public hearings


Last week was exciting for NYC Tracks.  We live-blogged from four public hearings held in Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan.  Here are some of our visual impressions of the events.  For a brief discussion of the hearings by the five NYC Tracks bloggers,  check out our podcast.

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The MTA Round-Up — March 5th


Wow, what a week…! NYCTracks was in Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx – covering hearings, protests, exclusive interviews and BREAKING NEWS of arrests!

It wasn’t Jay Walder MTA chief’s best week, after sitting through hours of complaints, but for us and for millions of New Yorkers it was a great chance to be there and try to reach the MTA’s decision makers.

We’ve live covered five events this week as you can view on the blog.

And here are some follow-up reports from the NYP and DailyNews on this week’s dramatic events in the transportation arena.

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VIDEO: Gene Russianoff's Reaction To Queens Hearing


Gene Russianoff of NYPIRG’s Straphangers Campaign at the MTA public hearing in Queens last night.

Stay tuned tonight as we liveblog from both MTA hearings in the Bronx and Brooklyn.

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MTA Public Transit Hearing — Flushing, Queens


Tonight the MTA is holding the first of five public meetings across the city on its proposed service cuts. NYCTracks will be blogging LIVE from the meeting in Flushing, Queens. Another meeting is taking place on Staten Island. Tomorrow’s meetings will be held in Brooklyn and the Bronx, with Thursday’s final meeting being held at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.

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