Wall Street debt pushes up NYC transit fares
New Yorkers are about to get their fourth fare hike in five years. Jesse Myerson explains who gets the raises VIDEO
By Natasha LennardTopics: Video, New York Subway, Transport, MTA, fare hikes, Debt, Wall Street, Business News, News
Commuters wait on the platform as a train passes through the 40th St-Lowry St Station, where a man was killed after being pushed onto the subway tracks, in the Queens section of New York, Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. Police are searching for a woman suspected of pushing the man and released surveillance video Friday of her running away from the station. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)(Credit: AP)Journalist Jesse Myerson, in a video for NoFareHikes.net, explains how bank debts, not increased wages for workers, are driving up the price of public transport in New York (via @nofarehikes):
Natasha Lennard is an assistant news editor at Salon, covering non-electoral politics, general news and rabble-rousing. Follow her on Twitter @natashalennard, email nlennard@salon.com. More Natasha Lennard.
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