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New York Subway: a Bloodied City lifeline and public pride
On a single winter day in New York City the subway carried 3.2 million riders while chaos and crime spiked. Police logged 36 felonies, a derelict was killed near Times Square, and vandalism and graffiti plagued cars. Yet the system remains a vital, budgeted empire with 750 miles of track, 458 stations, 47,000 employees, and a 1.5 billion dollar operating budget.
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NEW York
New York City
Times Square
Lower Manhattan
Subway
Johnny Carson
America
Richard Ravitch
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Edward I. Koch
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Transit Authority
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United States
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Chicago
Toto
242Nd St
Malbone Street
Brooklyn
Empire Boulevard
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