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By doing so, they were putting a price tag on the health of over a half million predominately African American and Latino New Yorkers.\r\n\r\nIn November of 2000, WE ACT and several Northern Manhattan community residents filed a Title VI Complaint with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) charging the MTA with violating the civil rights of Northern Manhattan residents. In response to that complaint, the DOT concluded that the MTA must give due consideration to environmental justice principles in its siting decisions. Through our MTA Accountability Campaign, WE ACT worked to ensure that the MTA puts the DOT\u2019s mandate into practice. The goal of WE ACT\u2019s Dirty Diesel Campaign was to heighten the awareness of community residents, and encourage the MTA to commit to a policy that would allow them to be part of the solution \u2013 not the problem.\r\n\r\nWE ACT\u2019s campaign was a catalyst for the MTA investing in diesel retrofits and hybrids. 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