It's a Movement!

It looks like I missed a lot of excitement last week! Luckily all kinds of people have been emailing me all these great tips. For instance at the MTA hearing last week, some people were handing out these great stickers. Fun.

AND, these fantastic cards that look like MetroCards that also subtly suggest selling 370 Jay Street. Double Fun!
(I didnt get to go to the hearing, but I had to get my hands on some of this great collateral - and I did).

AND, there was a press conference at the MTA hearing about 370 Jay Street. The Brooklyn Eagle covered it and I think the headline writer sums it up pretty well: Brooklyn Leaders Tell MTA: Sell Your Empty 370 Jay St. Bldg

All the superstars were there too. Marty, Councilmembers, Assemblymembers, State Senators. Triple Fun!!

AND, apparantly at the hearing some of the superstars told the MTA board directly to sell 370! " Markowitz asked the agency to consider a commuter tax, a carbon-emissions surcharge and selling the vacant MTA building at 370 Jay St." QUADRUPLE FUN!!! First time ever for quadruple fun. (By the way, I found that article all on my own. Like a journalist would.)

BUT, it can't be all fun and games here at MTA - Please Fix Jay. My soul crushing MTA thought of the day:
- If the building has been empty for five years and will be vacant for seven years to come (Thats crazy by the way) . . .
- And the building is completely gross and dirty and looks like a baby's diaper . . .
- And the MTA is $1.2 billion in debt . . .
- And they can sell this thing for $200 million or whatever these people say . . .
- And the politicos want the MTA to sell it . . .

WHATS THE PROBLEM?!

More media exposure! MTA fights back with more pigeon guano!

MTA - Please Fix Jay just got some more exposure thanks to Brownstoner! They had a blog entry reporting on the absurdity of the MTA's holding onto a valuable, vacant building while having massive budget deficits. You can read the entry and the frustrated comments here. Thankfully, due to the Manhattan Institute report and Brownstoner the word is out and thats great. Maybe the MTA will actually do something about this ridiculous situation.

The above picture is a reminder of how little the MTA cares about its riders. Is this bus stop some kind of cruel joke?! The sign is completely make-shift and pathetic. The other side has different bus routes listed, so who knows what buses actually stop there. (And check out how the sign indicates some kind of wheelchair accessibility. There is no way you could board a bus from this stop with a wheelchair). People have to wait under a miserable, rusty sidewalk shed and stand on top of a subway grate. When the bus comes it of course cannot access the curb because cars park illegally all day long. (The MTA clearly does not care about enforcing their bus zones, because as we have seen, many times its their worker's personal vehicles parked in the bus stop). So the bus rider has to walk in between cars, over the bike lane and into traffic to board the bus. Meanwhile, all traffic comes to a standstill because the bus is now parked in the moving lane. This happens about every five minutes.



And of course, our friend the pigeon has not been disturbed in years. Here he is above, using our subway station as his bathroom. That bird poop? - Never cleaned! And that peeling paint? Untouched! Oh and are you wondering about the huge planters? Still filled with nothing but dirt and trash.

Don't blame that stuff on the budget deficit. That's just good ol' fashioned, in-your-face MTA negligence!