Progressive Democrat Issue 37: NYC FOCUS

Here is a short one. Straphangers Campaign is a NYC advocacy group for commuters and should be a group we all pay attention to and support. They rate stations, subway and bus lines and lobby/litigate to block fare increases. They are a very good group. Their latest focus are the random searches. Here, by way of introduction/reintroduction of you to Straphangers Campaign, here is this week's email from them:

As you probably know, police officers have begun what they call random searches of riders' packages. Click here to express your views.

And please get to know their website: http://www.straphangers.org