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Transit advocates and local electeds are again calling on Mayor Adams to raise the threshold for a city program offering half-off subway and bus rides to lower-income New Yorkers, demanding that the discount be available to those making less than twice the federal poverty line.

More trains will run over a dozen lines — and the state budget will allow NYC Transit to hire more train operators, the official said.

MTA chair Janno Lieber was effusive about the budget deal on Friday, which gives the agency a $300 million lump sum cash infusion, a $500 million share of the licensing fees from downstate casinos and $1.1 billion from a payroll tax on large New York City businesses.