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The MTA Is Poised to Get $4B in Relief, but Officials Aren’t Breathing a Sigh of Relief Politico March 25, 2020 (opens in a new tab) U.S Mass Transit Agencies Seek $25 Billion The Bond Buyer March 24, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Can State Government Work From Home During COVID-19 Outbreak? Spectrum News March 24, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Subway Service Is Cut by a Quarter Because of Coronavirus The New York Times March 24, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Old Hands Return to Aid Cuomo During Crisis Politico March 23, 2020 (opens in a new tab) COVID-19 Crisis Confronts Transit System With a ‘Really Dire Situation’ City Limits March 21, 2020 (opens in a new tab) LIRR Commuters Fume at Small Refunds on Monthly Tickets Newsday March 19, 2020 (opens in a new tab) MTA Rethinking Plan to Slash 2,700 Transit Agency Jobs The City March 19, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Cuomo Calls for Feds to Bail Out MTA Amid Coronavirus Crisis New York Post March 19, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Markets Ripple With News of MTA Bailout Request The Bond Buyer March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) MTA in Free Fall: Low Ridership Numbers Could Mean Massive Debt, Cuts NYC Streets Blog March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Federal Funding Needed to Keep the MTA Rolling, Transit Agency Says AMNY March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Ridership Plummets, Costs Rise, And MTA Begs For A Bailout Gothamist March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Other Threats When Fighting COVID-19: Secrecy, Budgetary Opportunism Buffalo News March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) MTA Borrows $1B To Stave Off Impending Coronavirus Fiscal Apocalypse New York Post March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) COVID-19 Hit To NY Coffers As High As $7B, Comptroller Says Law 360 March 18, 2020 (opens in a new tab) A.M. Roundup: Trump Tweets Cuomo ‘Has to Do More’ in Response to Coronavirus Times Union March 17, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Keeping Government Open When Its Buildings Are Closed Times Union March 17, 2020 (opens in a new tab) New York Playbook Politico March 16, 2020 (opens in a new tab) ‘Open’ Government Meetings Amid an Outbreak Gotham Gazette March 15, 2020 (opens in a new tab) NYC Speaker Cory Johnson and Kasirer Lobbying Group Enjoy Cozy Relationship New York Daily News March 15, 2020 (opens in a new tab) MTA Ridership Taking a Hit During Coronavirus Outbreak Spectrum News NY1 March 14, 2020 (opens in a new tab) Coronavirus in N.Y.: Riders Ditch the Subway as Fear Spreads The New York Times March 13, 2020 (opens in a new tab) New Yorkers Increasingly Avoiding Mass Transit, the ‘Nexus of Human Density’ Politico March 11, 2020 (opens in a new tab)