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Examiner to review LIRR efforts to cut benefits

An independent examiner approved by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo will review the Long Island Rail Road's efforts to reduce the number of retired workers who obtain federal occupational disability benefits, officials said Monday.

An probe by the attorney general's office found last year that a disproportionately high number - more than 90 percent - of LIRR retirees applied for and received...

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