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Article: Environmental Defense Fund Applauds State Assembly Speaker's Compromise to Rescue MTA.
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- Ecology, Environment & Conservation
- Article date:
- March 13, 2009
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Environmental Defense Fund applauds New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's proposed compromise to rescue the MTA and prevent drastic rate hikes and service cuts. Speaker Silver is recommending that tolls on the East and Harlem River bridges be limited to $2, equaling the fare for subway and bus service and minimizing the potential fare hikes and service cuts currently under consideration, according to published reports.
"We applaud Speaker Silver and the State Assembly for demonstrating leadership by proposing a compromise, focused on solving the immediate crisis, that fairly shares the burden of paying for the lifeblood of the city -- mass transit -- ...