Kathy Hochul: “More than a dozen mayors and governors have come and gone…”

“So let's talk about why we're here to appreciate the significance of today. 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, who got a lot of things done, he tried to get it done in the 1940s. Later, Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller literally managed to break route.” (18:07–18:13)

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