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The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation hopes Connecticut will pass a bill that will exempt certain parcels on tribal lands from personal property taxes.

According to New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s annual report, the MTA’s debt service is expected to grow 55% over the next 10 years.

Of the LIRR’s 6,688 overtime-eligible employees last year, 2.8% of them had overtime earnings exceeding their base pay, which is significantly higher than Metro-North and the rest of the MTA agencies.

The MTA said Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will follow guidance from the New York State Health Department to keep passengers masked while it reviews the Florida court decision. Masks are still also required at Kennedy and LaGuardia airports. Bradley International Airport in Connecticut will no longer require masks.

Ridership on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North has increased to close to half of pre-pandemic levels. Now, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will roll out new incentives to continue to boost ridership.

The MTA hopes that these programs get more riders back to the transit system after ridership plummeted due to the pandemic.

A number of bird species in Connecticut are in trouble,

Damage from four small tornadoes could cost Long Islanders millions.

The agency faced a $10 billion deficit and had planned regular biannual fare increases.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority hosted a series of hearings this week to examine how its congestion pricing plan will affect low income populations, known as Environmental Justice Communities.