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Rev. Billy Preaches Bikes & Transit at the NYC Auto Show

12:30 PM EDT on March 24, 2008


Thousands of people flocked to the New York International Auto Show at the Javits Center on Saturday. There, in the very belly of the beast, Reverend Billy and his Stop Shopping Driving Gospel Choir held services. That is, until the state troopers kicked them to the curb.

StreetFilms' Elizabeth Press was there.

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