ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. David Paterson is rejecting a
compromise offered by the Senate's Democratic majority to avoid
steep increases in New York City transit fares.
Now the Democratic governor says he will reach out to Republican
senators, who are desperate to show up the Democrats who took the
majority just three months ago.
Paterson and the Senate Democrats are so far apart a week before
a deadline to bail out the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
that they claimed each other's math was wrong.
The Senate plan includes a tax of 25 cents per $100 of payroll,
which is about 25 percent less than recommended by a state panel to
deal with the MTA's deficit. It would also increase commuter fares
4 percent, down from a proposed 8 percent.
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