Earlier today I blogged about New York’s Workers’ Compensation Board and its link to the dysfunctional legislature that is Albany. Now I get an email from the Working Families Party about the MTA fare hikes which said the following.

I’m sure you’ve heard that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) voted last week to raise fares by at least 25% on New York City subways, buses, Metro North and the Long Island Railroad.

They took this step because our state legislators in Albany failed to pass an alternative that would solve the MTA’s budget crisis without these painful fare increases.

So due to inaction in Albany, New Yorker’s are going to feel the pain? The WFP have started an online action (shout out to DIA!) to get people to contact their legislators to get them to propose a better solution than the one the MTA is about to impose. What’s also cool is a parallel action where they’ve created a clever poster that they want people to download and post all over the place. They then want you to take pictures and email them to clenchner@votewfp.org. Lastly, there’s the Facebook component where they’ve created a graphic that they are asking people to post on their wall or make it their profile picture. Now I may not be living in New York anymore (I’m in DC metro) but I still care about what goes on there! This fare hike is going to hurt millions!