A "doomsday" financial plan floated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Nov. 18 was pronounced dead on arrival by the leaders of the Transport Workers Union, with one predicting "all hell will break loose" if it cuts more than 9,300 jobs, 8,238 of them from New York City Transit.
The proposal, which the MTA said was necessitated by a $12-billion budget deficit caused by sharp drops in ridership due to the coronavirus, would include a 40-percent cut in subway service and a 50-percent gash to commuter-rail operations.
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