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[KevinKorell]

CBS New York, 12/12/16:

MTA Chair ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ 2nd Ave Subway Will Meet Opening Deadline

 

After years of planning and debate, it remains to be seen if the Second Avenue subway will be running before the new year.

 

The MTA board got another update Monday after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it looked like phase one will open on schedule by the end of this month.

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[KevinKorell]

New York, NY Times, 12/12/16:

M.T.A. Races to Finish 2nd Avenue Subway as Deadline Looms

 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is rushing to finish the long-delayed Second Avenue subway this month, but officials at a board meeting Monday once again did not announce an opening date, with less than three weeks left to meet their deadline, Dec. 31.

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[KevinKorell]

New York, NY Times, 12/13/16:

 

With Second Ave. Subway, Cuomo Has Hands-On Role and Eye on the Future

 

As governor of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo has no shortage of complex problems demanding his attention. But his ire has recently been focused on a small switch in a subway station deep below the streets of Manhattan.

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[KevinKorell]

WABC-TV, ABC-7 in New York, NY, 12/18/16:

 

EXCLUSIVE: A look inside 96th Street stop at Second Avenue subway construction site

 

The Second Avenue Subway project is a century in the making, but it will final be more than just a dream. It was a project that Governor Andrew Cuomo has been putting enormous pressure on the MTA to get done by the end of the year deadline.

On Sunday Night, Governor Cuomo announced that the inaugural ride will take place on December 31st.

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