Let's talk about the fact that the Second Avenue subway was first proposed over 100 years ago. And since then, more than a dozen mayors and governors have come and gone, and the project remains unfinished. You know, Mayor LaGuardia tried to get [the Second Avenue subway] done in the 1940s. 1940s. Later, Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller literally managed to break route. They thought it was that close. They got a stretch built underground from the 110th and 120th streets. (18:12–18:19)
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Asserts that Mayor LaGuardia attempted to advance the Second Avenue subway project in the 1940s.
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