Lawmakers are escalating demands that the Baker administration walk back a series of sweeping cuts to MBTA service as the state’s transit systems are on track to receive another $1 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Pols including U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark and state Sen. Joseph Boncore will join transit workers and riders at a virtual rally at 11 a.m. Friday, where they will demand Gov. Charlie Baker and the board that oversees the MBTA “reverse the shortsighted cuts” made amid the pandemic.
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