Two things you can do to support
Smart Growth:

1. Ask Governor Paterson to Sign the Smart Growth Bill

The Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Priority Act (A8011B/S5560B) was officially sent to the Governor from the Legislature yesterday. The Governor now has 10 days to sign the bill. Now is the time to speak out in support of this critical legislation.

Please contact Governor Paterson's office and ask him to sign the bill!

 

 

Write:
David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224

Call:
518-474-8390

Email:
Contact form on website

Below are support letters from Vision Long Island and the statewide Smart Growth advocacy organization Empire State Future. Feel free to use some of the language in your outreach:

Vision Long Island's letter

 

Empire State Future's letter

You can read the bill's language here.

2. Rally to Save LI Bus

The MTA's 2011 budget includes cost-cutting measures to close a deficit of over $800 million. The plan calls for another round of massive fare increases across the board, plus pulling all of the agency's funding for LI Bus. Without the $40 million subsidy for the $133 million system, Long Island Bus could fall apart. Other contributions to LI Bus come from Nassau County ($9.1 million), New York State ($44 million), and fares. Cutting 30% of the budget could completely decimate LI Bus, one of the nation's largest suburban bus systems. In response, the MTA and others are considering privatizing LI Bus.

Please join in a rally to save LI Bus next Saturday, August 28th at 10am at the Mineola LIRR station and intermodal bus facility. The rally is sponsored by Local 252 Transport Workers Union. If you plan on attending, please email Mary Flaiban at mary@twulocal252.org.

SMART GROWTH NEWS

Newsletter Editor: Michelle Dutchen, Director of Communications
Contributors: Eric Alexander, Executive Director; Tara Klein, Planning Coordinator;
Tawaun Weber, Assistant Director; Elissa Ward, Director of Sustainability; Juliana Roberts Dubovsky, Planning Consultant; Chris Kyle, Program Coordinator
Interns: Chloe Johnson, Herb Glass, May Lee, Danielle Kane

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