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Sunset Park Commuters

Map last updated September 22, 2010

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Pratt Center eNews - Winter 2009

News last updated March 22, 2009

In this Issue:

  • A message from Advisory Board Chair Gary Hattem
  • Coney Island for all
  • COMMUTE speaks up for mass transit
  • Nurturing new potential in old libraries
  • Boosting Church Avenue
  • Pratt-seeded workforce program continues expansion
  • Political climate change
  • Contribute to the Pratt Center

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Washington Heights Commuters

Map last updated May 25, 2010

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Congestion Pricing

Testimony last updated October 31, 2007

Testimony on Congestion Pricing and Social and Environmental Justice

Joan Byron
Director, Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative
Pratt Center for Community Development
October 31, 2007

My name is Joan Byron; I direct the Sustainabilty and Environmental Justice Initiative of the Pratt Center for Community Development. For 45 years, the Pratt Center has supported community-based organizations all over New York City working for social, economic, and environmental justice, and I am especially proud of the work we've done with Bronx organizations who are in the forefront of those movements -- Nos Quedamos, the Point, Sustainable South Bronx, Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, and more.

That's why we support congestion pricing -- because it is socially and economically progressive, as well as a step toward environmental justice.

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Harlem Commuters

Map last updated May 25, 2010

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MTA Financing

Testimony last updated September 15, 2008

Testimony to the NYS Commission on MTA Financing

Brad Lander
Director, Pratt Center for Community Development
September 15, 2008

Chairman Ravitch, members of the commission, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this critical issue. As you know, robust public transit is the foundation of New York's economy, the single most important element in developing a sustainable region, and essential to providing opportunity to millions of people across lines of income, race, and neighborhood. You have a difficult task before you -- how to provide a sound fiscal future for a system that was neglected for over a decade, in a time of rising energy costs and economic uncertainty -- and one upon which millions of us depend. Thank you for your efforts.

We urge that you include the following steps in your report:

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