Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ruben Diaz Sr.

Victory for the Fare Hike Four: Transit Riders Will Pay More for Less

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2009 | 16 Comments

Because a handful of state senators representing New York City refused to back a credible plan to fund our transit system, the MTA’s March 25th deadline has come and gone without any reprieve for everyone who relies on subways and buses. Head over to City Room for scenes from the final act. Pedro Espada photo: […]

Doomsday Transit Cuts, District by District

By Brad Aaron | Mar 19, 2009 | No Comments

Barring a viable MTA rescue plan, the 140,000 transit riders in Ruben Diaz. Sr.’s district will lose the Bx4 and the Bx14 If you’re wondering how MTA doomsday service cuts will affect you, you can now look them up by state legislative district and ZIP code, thanks to new maps from the Regional Plan Association. […]

The Four Stooges

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 18, 2009 | 11 Comments

OK, we have a winner of yesterday’s photo caption contest. Democratic State Senators Hiram Monserrate, Carl Kruger, Pedro Espada, Jr. and Ruben Diaz, Sr. will henceforth be known as "The Fare Hike Four." While we’re at it, we figure if the State Senate is going to treat New York City’s transit riders like clowns and […]

The State Senate’s MTA Financing Plan Doesn’t Add Up

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 17, 2009 | 5 Comments

Here’s one little problem with the Kruger, Diaz, Espada, Monserrate MTA financing plan: They got the math wrong. The State Senators (for convenience sake, let just refer to them "The Fare Hike Four" from now on) say they can satisfy the MTA’s short-term financing needs with a four percent fare and toll hike and a […]

Caption Contest: Re-name This Foursome

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2009 | 47 Comments

Hat tip to Liz Benjamin at the Daily Politics for this snapshot of four state senators who’ve helped concoct a stopgap, toll-less MTA funding plan that does nothing to address the imminent decline of New York’s transit system. Lest they be accused of completely shortchanging the future, they say maintenance and expansion can be taken […]

Transit Riders to Diaz: Not In Our Name

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2009 | 6 Comments

Constituents picketed outside the office of Ruben Diaz, Sr. yesterday to urge the Bronx state senator to get behind the MTA rescue plan, which includes new tolls on East and Harlem River bridges. Though some 140,000 people in his district use transit every day, and are facing serious service cuts along with steep fare hikes, […]

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