Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said without federal aid, the county's bus service will face cuts in his 2021 budget. Nineteen routes would be slashed, affecting around 2,300 riders. Cuts to SCAT service would affect 200 paratransit riders. Republican legislators criticized the proposed cuts. Newsday's Cecilia Dowd reports.


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