I know there is no loss of service but the n24 route's reliability is down. I literally saw every n24 delayed within a two hour timeframe, usually it's at least on time for one run per hour. And no incidents were reported on the line throughout for your information.
And the n23 and n27 is parallel but not duplicate, service reliability has gone down for both lines, I usually do the n27 - > n20 or n21 from the mall, now because the n23/n27 runs so poorly, I am taking the n22 back to Queens.
As for the $7 million, the n80/81/73 is running literally the load a conversion van can carry with seats still available during off-peak hours, if anyone tell me that's saving money, they must be on some kinda drug, the n74 could carry the load of these passengers. Stop thinking Veolia and Mineola is honest, they are screwing up ridership on the high ridership lines in the North Shore, you know why? Because Mangano and Schmitt doesn't live there! They don't give a crap about the people in the North Shore!