Many disabled in Nassau to lose Able-Ride
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Ron Perry, of Freeport, boards a Able-Ride bus outside the South Shore Dialysis Center in Bellmore. (March 5, 2011)
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MTA cuts to Long Island Bus would have devastating consequences for Nassau's Able-Ride bus service, potentially leaving hundreds of disabled people without a way to travel - even for essential medical appointments or work.
As many as 18 percent, or about 200, of Able-Ride's 1,130 daily riders no longer would be eligible for door-to-door paratransit service beginning in July if the proposed...
