From the Brooklyn Paper bad news for NYC subway and bus riders (i.e. everyone):

Brooklyn is facing a full-blown transit apocalypse — include massive
bus service reductions and the elimination of an entire subway line —
thanks to severe cuts approved by the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority board this morning.

The extreme measures, rubber-stamped by an MTA panel on Monday,
then hailed in a 12-0 vote on Wednesday, stem from the transit agency’s
claim that it has a $383-million deficit, despite the recent fare-hike
up to $2.25 per ride.

As you might imagine, the borough’s power brokers went nuts.

“These ‘punitive’ measures fail to equitably spread the burden of
funding public transit throughout the entire MTA region,” Borough
President Markowitz said in a statement.