We're fighting for our residents, our commuters, our riders, our drivers, our emergency personnel. Life has gotten better. Those who have asthma, people with illness, that's who we're fighting for. And The 6 million people who use the MTA to get to their jobs and their lives and their doctor, nurses, doctors, EMTs, all that we need to get to their jobs in a reliable way, they're now going to be affected. So I also have to raise a question. They look at the pretense for this rejection, and we have a lot of legal reasons why we know we're going to be victorious. (01:13–01:28)
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