Photo of foulest NY subway car may make you $500 richer

It's a photo contest with the lowest common denominator: find the filthiest subway car in New York City.

The contest is being hosted by Transport Workers Union Local 100, which claims the increase in fetid cars is the result of a reduction in cleaning crews by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the sprawling 24-hour system.

"You know it, the transit union knows it, but the MTA does not seem to get it!" the union says on trashtrain.net. "Trash-filled subway cars are coming back because the MTA has cut cleaner jobs. If you encounter a filthy subway car, it's because the MTA doesn't have the staff to clean it - because they decided to spend their budget $$ on something else - like milliondollar consultants."