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Disabled sue MTA to keep Able-Ride

Published: April 8, 2010 12:07 AM
By ALFONSO A. CASTILLO  alfonso.castillo@newsday.com

A group of disabled bus riders filed a federal lawsuit against the MTA Wednesday in an 11th-hour attempt to stave off planned cuts of Nassau's Able-Ride program that threaten to leave some customers unable to get to school or to work.

About 100 disabled commuters, their families and advocates rallied at the steps of Nassau Supreme Court in Mineola as attorneys announced the lawsuit, which...

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