New York Transit Union to Strike, Holiday Ad Campaign Continues

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Resident rail rider Bucky Turco points out the idiocy and irony of a New York City MTA ad placed in today’s New York Times promoting discount Holiday fares by asking what good reduced Holiday fares will do if the transit union carries out its planned strike in two days thereby making fares of any kind irrelevant. Yes, my friends, what good indeed?

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