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Officials with New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority laid out a proposal to its Board Wednesday, to address the $11.4 billion in budget deficits it faces over the next four years, and may include the first fare increase since April 2019.

President Joe Biden signed a bill forcing a deal between several rail companies and a dozen rail unions to avert a Dec. 9 strike.

Republican state Sen. Edward Durr called the route in its current form a patchwork approach that will divide smaller towns, increase traffic, and endanger the safety of residents.