A photo taken from behind of Cara Liebowitz testifying at the hearing. Cara uses a power wheelchair and is reading from her phone. Before her, the MTA representatives to receive her plea. None of them is wearing a mask.
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A Demand to Re-instate a Mask Mandate in All Public Transportation

Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled (BCID) staff Cara Liebowitz, Lisa Gesson, and Joe Rappaport (reading testimony from Lisa Smid) testified at today’s MTA board meeting urging the MTA to re-instate a mask mandate across MTA public transportation.

— Yan Grenier

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Format: Facebook Post
Creator: Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled
Link to Post: https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynBCID/posts/pfbid0358jX1x19rj55f34PtwbduiHVtsPydYUmM8iwu6MbmvhhymF6bMjHBYeuEDJGR6j8l
Creation Date: 21-Sept-2022

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BCID staff Cara Liebowitz, Lisa Gesson, and Joe Rappaport (reading testimony from Lisa Smid) testified at today’s MTA board meeting urging the MTA to reinstate a mask mandate across MTA public transportation. (Image descriptions in each photo caption.) #MaskTransit #MaskUp

A 21 September 2022 Facebook post by Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled. Caption reads "BCID staff Cara Liebowitz, Lisa Gesson, and Joe Rappaport (reading testimony from Lisa Smid) testified at today's MTA board meeting urging the MTA to reinstate a mask mandate across MTA public transportation. (Image descriptions in each photo caption.) #MaskTransit #MaskUp." Below are five photographs of activists speaking at the MTA Board Meeting. One person in a wheelchair speaks from behind a podium and holds up a yellow sign that says "Masks are an important way to stop the spread of COVID-19."