Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Peter Rivera

Twenty-One NYC Reps Back Brodsky’s Student Fare Falsehood

By Noah Kazis | Feb 22, 2010 | 15 Comments

On Friday we noted that Assembly Member Richard Brodsky’s latest anti-transit argument — that "the actual cost of free and discounted student fares is close to zero" — doesn’t hold water. A letter from Brodsky addressed to MTA CEO Jay Walder calls for reinstating student MetroCards, laying blame for the program’s potential elimination at the […]

Can Kibbles ‘n Bits Save the MTA?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2009 | 17 Comments

Photo: The Daily Politics While Majority Leader Malcolm Smith insists he can round up enough votes to pass the latest Senate MTA rescue plan, The Daily Politics reports that Bronx Assemblyman Peter Rivera participated in a rally today outside City Hall in protest of the proposal’s $1 taxi surcharge, a facet of the bill that […]