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City toasts $1.3B in federal cash for 2nd Ave. subway


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City toasts $1.3B in federal cash for 2nd Ave. subway

 

New York leaders and federal officials met Monday in New York to celebrate $1.3 billion in federal aid to build the long-stalled Second Avenue subway, a dream that has lain dormant longer than Rip Van Winkle.

 

The money, spread out over 7 years, is earmarked for the first phase of what ultimately aims to be a line running down the East Side of Manhattan from Harlem to the financial district. The Second Avenue subway has been a goal of transportation advocates for more than 70 years.

 

Full story: amNY icon_offsite.png - November 19, 2007

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