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Plan for transit funds

Sen. Charles Schumer said yesterday that he hopes to direct $20 billion of President-elect Barack Obama's proposed economic stimulus plan to mass transit, including projects on the Long Island Rail Road and New York City subways.

The proposals, which Schumer presented in Manhattan with Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), include renovating the LIRR's Atlantic Avenue viaduct in Brooklyn, completing...

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