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caption: 'February 25, 2016<br />At today's Joint Budget Hearing on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Assemblyman Michael Cusick questions MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast about a potential express Park-N-Ride to quicken the commute times for State Island residents. "On that topic of express buses, Park-N-Ride is big on Staten Island. Is MTA looking at having like a large Park-N-Ride where it would be one location to park your car and then from that spot the MTA would then take the commuters to Manhattan or whatever the route is, without any stops? That, that would be the one Park-N-Ride, have a super Park-N-Ride," asked Cusick.<br /> ',
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School Bus Safety
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School Bus Safety
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Poster Contest
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Legislative Disabilities Day 1
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Poster Contest Winners
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Disability Awareness 1
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Disability Awareness 2
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Blessed Sacrament
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Census
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Disabilities Chair
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Release Tax Refund Money
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Teen Dating Violence
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Real Budget Deficit
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Governor's 2010-11 Budget Proposal
