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| | The New York Times > New York Region > In Transit Crisis, a Cash Bind Many Foresaw |
 | | The financial problems, critics contend, are the direct result of more than a decade of policies by New York State, New York City, and the authority, which operates the city's subways, buses, bridges and tunnels, and the Metro-North and Long Island commuter railroads. |
 | | In 1995, the transit authority had $7.5 billion in debts that it was expected to repay by itself, with fares and tolls. |
 | | New York has gone through a profound shift in how transit is paid for - away from government and onto the riders - a change that was a stated, early policy of Gov. George E. Pataki and his administration, and also pursued by other politicians. |
| www.nytimes.com /2004/10/25/nyregion/25transit.html?ex=1256356800&en=e8688d7a3d7a3062&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (831 words) |
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