NEW YORK: New York's beleaguered subway system outlined Tuesday a rescue plan of $800 million with another $8 billion in the long-term to battle chronic delays, breakdowns and overcrowding, promising to haul the system into the 21st century.

Daily indignities suffered by straphangers have left locally elected Democrats at loggerheads and exacerbated a "summer of hell" for commuters instigated by emergency repair work at Penn Station, North America's busiest rail hub.

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