{"value"=>"<p>These papers came from the office of Martin Brennan, the Organizing Director for NYPIRG in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They consist of correspondence, press releases, flyers, MTA literature and reports, and notes. Major Straphangers Campaign-related subjects documented include Federal funding for the MTA (the Intermodal Surface Transportation Act of 1991, or ISTEA), advertising in the subway, MTA issues such as Board appointees, public communication, and the Fare Deal proposal of 1992, and Straphangers Campaign internal correspondence and strategy. The series also documents several non-Straphangers Campaign NYPIRG projects. These include campaign finance, NYPIRG campus activities and student training, and New York state election district profiles. More information on most if not all of the subjects in this series can be found in other series; see notes in the box list for references.</p>"}