Nassau

Nassau bus riders plead for solution

Published: March 23, 2011 10:06 PM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO AND JENNIFER MALONEY. alfonso.castillo@newsday.com,, jennifer.maloney@newsday.com

Quick ReadAngry and impassioned Nassau bus riders pleaded Wednesday with county and

Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Transit workers, riders and advocates for Long Island Bus hold up signs at an MTA hearing in the John Cranford Adams Playhouse on the campus of Hofstra University. (March 23, 2011)

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Angry and impassioned Nassau bus riders pleaded Wednesday with county and transit officials to find a solution that will avoid the decimation of Long Island Bus.

"The inability of the MTA and [County Executive Edward] Mangano to work together to solve a problem is an outrage to the hardworking, decent people of Nassau County," said Romeo Gimeno, 59, of Elmont. "There doesn't seem to be a will...

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