We've got an e-mail that Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz will be eulogizing a few subway lines in about a half hour.
Here are the details:
BP MARKOWITZ TO JOIN NYPIRG STRAPHANGERS CAMPAIGN AT "MOCK FUNERAL" FOR M AND R TRAINS
10:30 A.M.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 29
COURT STREET SUBWAY STATION/M, R MEZZANINE
ENTRANCE AT MONTAGUE AND
DOWNTOWN
On Thursday, January 29, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will join the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign for a "mock funeral" for the M and R subway lines, parts of which could be eliminated under an MTA proposal.
Visuals inside the M and R Court Street station will include a bagpiper, memorial wreath, and a special "eulogy."
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UPDATE (1/30/09)
On Thursday, January 29, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was among the "mourners" at a mock funeral for the M and R trains organized by the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and held at the Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn. Other "bereaved" attendees included Gene Russianoff, staff attorney for the NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Michael Burke of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Paul Nelson, representing Assemblywoman Joan Millman's office. This marked the second time in as many weeks that BP Markowitz and the Straphangers Campaign attended a subway "funeral"--on January 15, they paid their "last respects" to the Z train. The lines are included in the MTA's plan to reduce subway and bus service and raise fares to close its budget gap.
According to the Straphangers Campaign, eliminating the M train in southern
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In photo (left to right): Bagpiper John Maynard; BP Markowitz; Michael Burke, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership; State Senator Daniel Squadron; Gene Russianoff, NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign; Paul Nelson, representing Assemblywoman Joan Millman.
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