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Senate bill could bail out MTA

A plan to bail out financially troubled public transportation systems could lead to the restoration of some service cuts on the Long Island Rail Road, federal lawmakers said Tuesday.

The Public Transportation Preservation Act, introduced on Capitol Hill Tuesday by Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats, would give $2 billion in emergency aid to help transit agencies pay...

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