A Twitter account called @TahrirSupplies garnered more than 13,000 followers in three days, some of whom answered requests for food, transportation and blood donations, as the toll in the fights eventually grew to 38 killed and hundreds wounded.
Nearly TEN THOUSAND (9,641) requests for housing, transportation, legal assistance or childcare were unmet (5,778 were for housing alone).
By Monday, the union had changed its negotiation strategy, taking its demands to the bus companies it bargains with rather than trying to force the city to include its demands in requests for bids for transportation contracts.
Nastri acknowledged that "if we actually go to the legislature, we're facing some big challenges," including competing requests for funding for transportation, infrastructure and other critical projects.
And in the request for proposals itself, transportation officials point out: "The demographics of M.T.A.'s customers cover the full range of contemporary U.S.A.
It arose anew in 2011, after the city issued a request for bids for the transportation of 14,000 preschool students with special needs.
On Friday, the city issued a request for bids for the transportation of roughly 14,000 preschool students who have special needs.
The other part of the Pataki plan that is meeting resistance is the governor's request for $3 billion to finance transportation projects, including rail, road and bridge upgrades in upstate New York.
Mr. Clinton's budget requests would also secure $3.3 billion for transportation programs for New York City, about $250 million more than last year, and steer $1.2 billion toward training the city's young people for jobs, an increase of $240 million.
