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MTA to hack budget by $61M

NYC Transit is chopping its budget next year by $61 million, much of it through the reduction of bus and subway maintenance jobs.

The search for savings is part of an overall Metropolitan Transportation Authority goal of reducing costs by 6 percent over the next four years as the agency faces a financial crisis. For its part, NYC Transit has projected saving $251.3 million from 2009 through...

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