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<br>	The MTA wants to cut the cost of two planned fare hikes nearly in half.

<br>	The MTA is planning to scale back fare and toll increases in 2015 and 2017. Its proposed 2014 budget calls for a 4 percent hike instead of a 7.5 percent increase.

<br>	The scaled back increase is dependent on two things. The MTA says it needs the New York state payroll tax to remain in place and for unions to accept net zero increases. According to the MTA, failure to achieve a settlement with labor unions would increase costs by $300 million per year going forward.

<br>	The MTA board will vote next month on the 2014 budget proposal.

The MTA wants to cut the cost of two planned fare hikes nearly in half.    The MTA is planning to scale back fare and toll increases in 2015 and 2017. Its proposed 2014 budget calls for a 4 percent hike

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Let's talk important weather information. Right now. We're over here in the weather center with meteorologist Julian C Wright. And it is a wet day for just about everybody across the island. Absolutely. So it's been a good day if you just wanted to stay indoors and I had to go outside because it has been flat out just wet and gloomy for us and it's gonna be wet at least for the east end until we get into the later parts of this evening. But as of right now, we are looking for that rain to be clearing out for much of Nassau County. So counting still gonna be dealing with it for the next couple of hours. But as we move into what we can expect for the rest of this evening, heading into tonight, just notes, it's not just the rain, it's gonna be a bit of an issue, but visibility as well as fog is gonna be really popping up for us throughout much of the island, not just for now, but later into the night and over into Monday morning as well. So be prepared for some lowered visibility behind the rain that is going to be clearing out for us. But the the news is our skies will clear up heading into our Monday morning. So we are looking for a sunny start, but temperatures themselves are also gonna be on the mild end. We're looking back to the lower fifties and not expecting much more in regards to rain being uh any kind of accumulation as we get into the rest of tonight. Now take a look at our overlook our overnight outlook. We are seeing temperatures into the lower forties, mid forties throughout much of the island. Heading into Monday. Low fifties is what we're expected for. Our daytime, high clouds will build late. And then for Tuesday, Wednesday, we're gonna be cooling right back down as forties will return, bringing a chill to our week, but then we're gonna rebound to the fifties next weekend. So that's one thing to be mindful of is that it's not gonna be chilly for too long. But again, heading into tomorrow, we are gonna be looking at the cloud cover to build into our Monday afternoon. Quick look at our 10 day forecast, chilly weather will be heading in for us, especially for Hanukkah.

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MTA proposes cutting planned fare hikes from 7.5 percent to 4 percent