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State launches probe into LIRR disability payments

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into published reports disclosing that career employees at the Long Island Rail Road routinely received disability payments from an obscure federal agency though many remain healthy enough to play golf.

The report in yesterday's New York Times said that former LIRR employees -- including white-collar managers -- have been paid nearly...

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