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The project proposes to have Amtrak passenger trains run between Scranton and Manhattan’s Penn Station with stops in Mount Pocono and East Stroudsburg in Pennsylvania, and Blairstown, Dover, Morristown, Montclair and Newark in New Jersey. It would mark the return of passenger rail service between Scranton and NYC for the first time since 1970. PennDOT will host a virtual public meeting webinar on the project on Feb. 19 at 4 p.m.

The Times-Tribune

The $1 billion that it could cost the state to make city buses free could instead fund the construction of 41 miles of subway extensions, according to a report by the Marron Institute of Urban Management at New York University.

The New York Times