MTA Approves Doomsday Cuts: "MYFOXNY.COM - The MTA board has approved its 2010 doomsday budget. It includes service cuts and could leave New York City children without free rides to their public schools if it is implemented.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the nation's largest transportation agency, is facing a $383 million budget shortfall.
The MTA will hold public hearings and vote again. That leaves an opening for an 11th-hour rescue by the city or the state. The policy of free or discounted student rides has been in place since 1948. Ending it could cost half a million students nearly $1,000 per year in transportation fees.
New York City Council Member Bill de Blasio from Brooklyn's 39th District said, 'The MTA's vote today could very well result in students missing school because their families can't afford the extra cost of a metro card. We cannot place such an unfair burden on low income students and their families in the middle of a recession.'
Official numbers show that 417,243 students receive free Metrocards and another 167,912 get half-fare cards."
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