article_snippet.sent: Koeltl also noted that the MTA and Chairman Thomas Prendergast 'underestimate the tolerant quality of New Yorkers and overestimate the potential impact of these fleeting advertisements.' 'Under the First Amendment, the fear of such spontaneous attacks, without more, cannot override individuals' rights to freedom of expression,' Koeltl said in a ruling dated Monday.
article_snippet.sent: the MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg said MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg is disappointed in ruling and is preparing a response.
article_snippet.sent: Koeltl said Koeltl recognized that the MTA the MTA believes it would be far more difficult to counter the advertisement because it has parodic aspects.
article_snippet.sent: But A man said A man believes the agency underestimates 'the power of counter-advertisements to explain that the MTA the MTA does not endorse ad in the New York Subway and that ad in the New York Subway is not to be taken seriously.'