In December 2009, the MTA announced that they were going to cut the free Student MetroCard program following Governor Patterson’s cutting of funding to the program. This means that families would be responsible for paying the almost $1000 a year, per child for transportation to school. THAT ‘AINT RIGHT! EVERY New York City public school student has a RIGHT to an education that best prepares them for success in the future. The city and state of New York have the RESPONSIBILITY to provide not only that education as well as the means of transportation to the schools that provide education!!