NY: Amsterdam, Facing Deficit, Shuts Down Public Transit System

April 24, 2018
Notices are now posed in every bus in the city saying service will end on April 30th. Officials say the busses carry about 60 passengers per day - now those passengers will have to find alternative options.

Notices are now posed in every bus in the city saying service will end on April 30th. Officials say the busses carry about 60 passengers per day - now those passengers will have to find alternative options.

That deficit - $5 million, according to Mayor Michael Villa - left in place, he says, by previous administration.

Villa says the bus system cut was finalized last week.

But some residents are left wondering - why cut the bus, and not the city's municipal golf course? Mayor Villa says the golf course was seeing more revenue than the transit system.

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