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New York City Transit is the life blood of New York City, moving more than 187.9 million passengers per month. However, the Lexington Avenue Subway Line is currently over 150% of capacity. As the City grows we must improve capacity and investigate transportation alternatives. We must find alternative transportation routes for residents of Roosevelt Island by modifying current subway service, trams, ferries, and even building additional subway stations.

While we are building any improvements, including the long overdue Second Avenue Subway, we must make sure that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is transparent by making its construction plans available to the people, open to review and suggestions from the community, and accountable should final decisions be made by the MTA without public comment.

While the Mayor's Congestion Pricing plan may not have been enacted, it is important not to let a greener New York fall by the wayside. As your City Council member I will work with you to implement initiatives that preserve our environment, improve transportation and make New York City a clean, affordable, and accessible place to live.

Cornell Chronicle 'Global City Sampling Day' to Launch Weill Cornell Medicine-Led Study of Antimicrobial Resistance Across 54 International Cities by Weill Cornell

http://weill.cornell.edu/news/pr/2016/06/global-city-sampling-day-to-launch-weil...

"Global City Sampling Day gives us an opportunity to learn about more than 600 different microbes riding the subway with New Yorkers every day. We are grateful to Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Christopher Mason, and hundreds of volunteers who are helping us learn more about our city's health one swab at a time," said Councilman Ben Kallos (5th District), who will help initiate the New York City collection by swabbing a subway station on the Upper East Side with project principal investigator Dr. Mason.

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New York Daily News Scientific study wants to identify all the microbes in subways around the world by Dan Rivoli

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/scientific-study-identify-microbes-world-sub...

Councilman Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan), whose district covers Weill Cornell, joined Mason’s team to help the city earn bragging rights on the diversity of its microorganisms.

“New York City is bigger and better than anywhere else, so I’m assuming the same for our microbes,” Kallos said. “We should have more microbes from all over the world and in higher concentration because there is no subway system like ours.”

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