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Friday, June 11, 2010

1,000 NY student walkout to protest Metro card cutback. � Fred Klonsky's blog

1,000 NY student walkout to protest Metro card cutback. � Fred Klonsky's blog

1,000 NY student walkout to protest Metro card cutback.


At least a thousand NY public school students hit the streets of Gotham to protest the plan to eliminate free Metro cards.
The millionaire mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg was unmoved. As usual, his only concern was test scores.

“If I were them, I’d just think long and hard someday,” he said. “If I didn’t pass a