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MAYOR WALSH TO HOST A PRESS CONFERENCE REGARDING PROPOSED CUTS TO MBTA
A
Oh,
thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's
behind
me
seek
there's
a
bunch
of
people
behind
me.
Different
organizations
represented
here
and
I'll
get
to
them
all
in
a
minute.
I
want
to
thank
city
council
president
janie
who's
with
us
today:
city,
council,
nation,
sabi,
george
city,
council,
kenzie,
bach
city,
council,
eddie
flynn,
city,
councilor,
ricardo
arroyo.
Thank
you.
Everybody
city,
council,
matt
o'malley.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
them
for
their
advocacy
here.
A
We're
joined
by
members
of
the
machinist
union
mike
varabidian
jimmy
evacs
from
the
commons
union.
Lee
matsureta
suede.
Excuse
me
from
community
labor,
united
rick
dimino
from
a
better
city.
We
have
karen
chin
from
the
chinese
progressives.
We
have
lots
of
people
here
today
that
are
concerned
about
the
the
actions
of
the
fiscal
management
control
board.
That's
being
proposed
for
two
weeks
from
now
we're
here
today
to
stand
together
against
the
proposed
cuts
to
the
mbta.
A
A
Their
budget
challenges
are
real
and
significant,
but
moving
forward
with
these
service
cuts,
especially
right,
now
hurts
our
residents
and
is
short-sighted.
It
will
hurt
our
city's
ability
to
recover
from
this
pandemic.
It
will
create
lasting
impacts
for
years
to
come
for
so
many
different
constituencies
in
so
many
different
businesses
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
A
A
A
The
va
is
always
also
providing
covert
testing
for
our
veterans,
where
our
veterans
go
to
get
tested,
we're
giving
one
message
to
go,
get
tested
in
the
mbta,
sending
another
message
saying
we're
not
going
to
take
you.
There
councilor
brock
council
flynn
have
been
advocating
against
cutting
the
e-line
service
from
the
very
beginning,
council
flynn
works
with
the
disabled
american
veterans
group
who
are
concerned
about
these
cuts.
A
A
A
These
cuts
would
ultimately
hurt
our
recovery
from
cover
19.,
a
recent
public
transit
public
goods
coalition
study
made
up
of
transit
workers
and
riders
across
the
commonwealth
estimates
that
these
cuts
would
threaten
more
than
800
jobs.
We
don't
need
to
cut
jobs,
we
need
to
add
jobs
at
this
particular
moment.
A
A
A
We're
looking
at
if
we
have
to
make
some
decisions
as
we
further
go
off
in
public
works,
lay
off
in
parks
and
recreation
lay
off
in
transportation.
That's
not
the
first
instinct,
so
I'm
asking
him
demanding
that
the
fiscal
manager
of
you
will
go
back,
sit
down
with
the
legislature
and
come
up
with
a
plan.
That's
an
equitable
plan
that
works
all
along
cutting
mbta
service
will
set
us
back
further
in
the
commonwealth.
A
B
B
I
want
to
also
lift
up
the
advocacy
of
organizations
like
ace
livable
streets
in
the
boston
cyclists
union,
who
have
also
been
on
the
front
lines
in
this
battle
to
protect
and
restore
mbta
service
and
the
fight
against
fair
increases
and
instead
for
free
buses.
Yes,
I
said
free
buses.
Access
to
public
transit
is
important.
B
B
Furthermore,
taking
into
consideration
the
need
to
maintain
strict
social
distancing
guidelines
in
public
spaces,
cuts
will
serve
to
result
in
crowded
trains
and
buses,
which
will
negatively
impact
commuters
abilities
to
stay
safe.
There
are
already
gross
inequities
in
the
in
mbta
service
without
the
proposed
cuts.
B
B
In
fact,
I
took
a
bus
and
a
train
to
get
here
this
morning.
I
understand
many
of
the
challenges.
Long
wait
time
schedule,
inconsistencies
and
street
congestion
are
just
some
of
the
issues
that
could
be
mitigated
with
higher
investment
in
the
t,
not
cuts.
The
boston
city
council
has
long
been
a
champion
on
these
issues.
We
have
proposed
moving
towards
a
fair
free
public
transportation
system,
starting
with
our
buses
and
like
public
schools
and
public
libraries.
Public
transit
is
a
public
good
and
we
should
treat
it
as
such.
B
Finally,
the
so-called
temporary
cuts
have
had
significant
long-term
impacts
in
the
past
and
begs
the
question:
when
will
services
be
brought
back?
The
answer
probably
never.
Over
the
past
decade,
fares
have
consistently
increased
and
service
has
continued
to
diminish.
These
cuts
are
in
line
with
a
long
history
of
defunding,
essential
public
services
and
transportation.
In
particular.
B
A
C
Good
morning,
thank
you
so
much
it's
a
privilege
to
be
here
serving
as
the
executive
director
of
community
labor,
united,
a
very
dynamic
organization,
that's
brought
together
community
and
labor
organizations
to
fight
for
economic
justice,
environmental
justice,
gender
and
racial
justice.
Of
course,
thank
you,
mayor
walsh,
for
inviting
us
to
be
a
part
of
this
event
today.
We're
so
grateful
to
have
a
friend
an
advocate
like
you
in
city
hall,
that
understands
the
issues
of
poor
and
working
people
and
their
families.
C
Also
an
honor
to
be
here
with
my
my
friends
from
the
public
transit
public
good
coalition,
mike
from
the
machinist
jim
from
589
and,
of
course,
karen
from
chinese
progressive
association.
But
I
have
to
really
thank
the
workers
and
the
writers
in
the
public
transit
public
good
coalition.
Some
are
here
today
representing
over
30
community
and
labor
organizations.
You've
made
your
voices
heard.
C
Hundreds
took
to
the
street
during
this
time
of
covid
for
a
rolling
rally
in
november,
their
voices
have
been
heard
at
countless
t,
board
meetings
and
other
team
meetings
on
this
proposal,
and
the
data
shows-
and
it's
clear
in
a
recent
survey.
More
than
75
percent
of
residents
are
concerned
about
the
impacts
these
cuts
will
have
on
the
safety
for
riders
and
workers.
C
The
impacts
are
going
to
be
on
all
essential
workers,
health
care
workers,
grocery
workers,
child
care
providers,
janitors
and
they're
going
to
be
massive,
and
we
know
that
this
proposed
unsafe
cuts
will
jeopardize
the
conditions
in
which
our
essential
workers
work.
It's
going
to
jeopardize
the
safety
of
the
tea,
which
has
already
experienced
record
derailments
under
recent
years
of
cutting
budgets
and
cut
corn
cutting
corners
and
then,
of
course,
there's
the
impact
on
the
people
that
we
depend
on
to
operate
and
maintain
our
public
transit
system
from
a
report
that
was
just
released.
C
It's
clear
that
the
bulk
of
the
layoffs
are
likely
to
come
from
the
ranks
of
bus
and
train
operators
and
motor
persons.
This
is
a
group
of
workers,
that's
largely
non-white.
50
are
black
and
about
half
of
them
live
in
communities
where
coveted
rates
are
above.
Four
percent.
The
largest
group
of
operators
and
drivers
live
in
dorchester
here
in
boston,
where
the
health
and
economic
toll
of
the
pandemic
has
been
among
the
worst
in
the
state.
C
We
cannot
stand
for
this
public
sector
jobs,
like
those
of
the
t,
have
been
historically
a
source
of
middle
class
stability,
especially
for
black
workers
and
their
families,
and
good
jobs
and
steady
employment
are
critical
during
a
time
of
crisis.
Like
the
pandemic,
that's
taken
a
harsh
toll
on
communities
of
color.
Massive
layoffs
at
the
t
are
going
to
likely
worsen
the
pandemic
outcomes
by
pushing
hundreds
more
into
joblessness
and
instability.
C
I
think
the
mayor
mentioned
it
before
we
have
to
allow
time
for
relief
and
funding
from
the
federal
government
to
roll
out
support
for
the
t.
We
can't
jump
to
conclusions
and
make
cuts
that
are
going
to
be
disastrous
for
our
communities.
We
have
to
allow
time
for
the
vaccine.
We
have
to
protect
opportunity
for
economic
recovery
recovery.
Excuse
me,
it's
simply
reckless
to
be
making
these
cuts
on
a
budget
for
fy
22,
with
everything
that's
going
on,
especially
when
the
impact
is
the
greatest
on
those
communities
that
have
been
hit
hard
by
the
pandemic.
C
Now,
we've
seen
and
I've
been
through
cuts
before,
but
not
in
times
like
this.
We
have
a
responsibility
to
stop
these
cuts.
We
call
on
governor
baker,
we
call
on
the
legislature,
the
t
and
its
executives
to
take
this
opportunity
to
protect
frontline
workers,
essential
workers
and
mbta
riders.
Thank
you.
A
D
D
D
D
D
These
these
people
have
suffered
the
greatest
losses
during
this
pandemic
and
it
is
unfair
to
ask
them
to
suffer
even
greater
loss.
The
brave
workers
we
represent
are
essential
workers.
They
have
risked
getting
infected
by
this
terrible
virus
and
have
often
brought
it
home
and
infected
their
families.
D
We
are
calling
on
the
mbta
and
our
elected
officials
to
stop
these
devastating
cuts.
We
are
also
asking
our
elected
officials
to
pass
legislation
that
would
bring
progressive
forms
of
revenue
to
help
the
mbta,
not
just
in
a
recovery
effort
but
to
properly
fund
the
mbta
into
the
future.
We
need
to
preserve
our
public
transit
system.
Thank
you.
E
E
As
a
representative
of
the
business
community,
countless
members
of
the
workforce
count
on
the
transit
system
to
come
into
boston
in
the
urban
core
and
to
travel
throughout
the
metropolitan
region.
Every
single
day
before
the
pandemic,
over
60
percent
of
the
communities
that
were
coming
into
the
city
every
day
were
using
the
mbta.
E
We
all
know
what
happens
when
the
mpta
does
not
provide
service.
In
the
winter
of
of
2015,
we
saw
the
critical
implications
of
lack
of
workforce
into
the
workplace
and
days
and
days
of
endless
congestion.
The
transit
system
is
a
critical
element
of
our
economy.
It's
a
foundation
of
our
economy
and
as
we
lean
in
and
address
the
issues
of
the
culvert
pandemic
and
look
to
economic
recovery,
now
is
not
the
time
to
be
cutting
transit
as
we
move
into
the
spring
in
the
summer,
and
vaccines
are
beginning
to
take
place
in
our
community.
E
We
want
to
see
the
workforce
return
to
boston
and
a
lot
of
that
workforce,
as
we
have
done.
Surveys
to
find
out
want
to
get
back
on
the
t
in
boston.
We
have
a
significant
transit
dependent,
ridership,
the
countenance
to
get
to
work
workforce
getting
back
to
work,
transit,
dependent
riders
people
that
are
critical
to
our
economy.
E
That
relates
to
us
being
able
to
connect
people
to
jobs
to
where
they
live,
to,
where
the
jobs
here
are
in
boston,
boston
is
the
economic
center
of
the
region.
The
urban
core
drives
the
economy
of
the
commonwealth,
and
we
must
remember
that
the
transit
system
again
is
the
cornerstone
of
that
transit
of
that
economic
opportunity.
E
Again,
I
want
to
thank
the
mayor,
the
boston
city,
council,
our
friends
and
organized
labor.
In
the
advocate
community.
We
must
make
sure
that
the
transit
system
is
there
for
us.
We
can't
support
these
cuts
and
we
need
to
go
into
an
economic
recovery
with
the
transit
system
being
a
fundamental
part
of
that
strategy.
Mayor
again,
thank
you
so
much
for
inviting
me
today.
A
I
want
to
thank
rick,
and
I
want
to
thank
all
the
speakers
today
and
rich
just
said.
Something
boston
is
the
economic
engine
for
all
of
new
england
and
to
to
just
simply
not
roll
up
our
sleeves.
The
fiscal
management
review
board
the
legislature,
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
and
work
through
and
figure
out.
A
A
solution
here,
we're
erasing
transportation
and,
and
that
has
gonna,
have
long-term
severe
impacts
potentially
to
our
city,
to
our
state
to
our
region,
and
those
are
the
concerns
that
I
have,
and
those
are
the
concerns
that
the
folks
behind
me
have
here
today.
So
with
that
I'll
open
up
for
questions.
A
Yeah
2013,
one
of
my
last
votes
in
the
legislature,
was
the
gas
tax
to
increase
gas
with
indexing
and
that
money
was
supposed
to
go
into
funding,
not
just
keeping
t
service
but
improving
service.
So
the
answer
is
yes,
there's
ways
of
being
creative,
we
just
had
an
opportunity
with
the
budget
that
just
just
went
through
the
house
and
the
senate
to
make
some
investments
or
or
do
some
temporary
fixes,
and
that
was
not.
That
was
that
vehicle
was
not
used.
So
there
is
an
opportunity.
A
I'd
also
use
ride,
sharing,
look
at
look
at
charging
ride,
sharing
companies
and
I'd
also
look
at
giving
the
city
of
boston.
We
filed
legislation
to
allow
a
regional
ballot
question
that
would
allow
us
the
ability
to
raise
our
own
revenue.
So
if
they
don't
want
to
do
that,
then
let
us
raise
our
revenue
we'll
raise
our
revenue
for
them.
A
Well,
I
think
we
have
to.
We
have
to
wait.
I
mean
today
there's
a
meeting
in
congress
today,
they're
having
a
conversation
over
almost
a
trillion
dollar
relief
package
incorporated
in
that
is
some
other
things
that
we
have
to
look
at
transit
and
then
I
am
confident
that
the
biden
harris
administration
will
work
with
congress
in
the
united
states
had
to
pass
legislation.
A
There
was
there
was
a
definitely
a
desire
to
pass
legislation
last
term
under
president
trump.
The
problem
was
trump,
wouldn't
sit
down
with
the
leaders
of
the
democratic
party,
nancy
pelosi
and
chuck
schumer
to
come
up
with
a
funding
package.
I
mean
it's
all
documented
republicans
and
and
democrats
wanted
to
pass
it
in
the
senate
in
the
house,
maybe
different
versions,
but
I
am
confident
that
this
congress,
along
with
the
new
president
coming
in,
will
pass
legislation
to
deal
with
transit
transit
has
to
be
addressed
in
this
country.
A
F
A
The
reports
that
that
you're,
referring
to
were
from
2009
and
2013
prior
to
me,
being
mayor
of
the
police,
commissioner,
being
commissioner,
and
we
just
the
task
force
police
task
force.
I
just
passed
some
significant
reforms
in
the
boston
police
department
that
we're
going
to
be
creating
an
independent
board,
a
co-op,
not
a
co-op
board,
but
a
board.
F
G
A
Yeah,
I
think
they're
listening,
because
the
votes
are
supposed
to
be
this
week
and
it's
postponed
for
a
week
already,
and
I
think
again,
the
fiscal
management
review
board
was
created
for
a
short
time
short
period.
It
was
not
it's
not
a.
It
wasn't
supposed
to
ever
meant
to
be
a
permanent
board,
they
need
to
listen
and
they
better
listen,
because
the
people
that
are
here
represent
people,
whether
it's
in
labor,
whether
it's
in
community,
whether
it's
in
the
elected
officials,
it's
you
need
to
listen
to
us.
The
impacts
are
I
I'm
not
sure.
A
F
A
I'm
not
sure
the
people
that
don't
so
don't
take
public
transit.
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
aren't
taking
it
because
they
don't
have
confidence
in
the
system
and
prior
to
covid
there
was
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
of
investment
going
into
the
mbta
to
upgrade
the
service.
In
fairness
to
the
mbta
and
the
general
manager
there
was,
there
was
lots
of
investments
going
on
there
and
they
were
building
trying
to
build
confidence
in
the
system
we
need.
We
need
to.