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Kathy Hochul: “We kicked off construction in May after years of inaction…”

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NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Announces New Train Line To Connect Brooklyn And Queens

Published | Video Starts at 05:21

So no longer do you have to go past that eyesore and say, why? Why is the great city of New York have this as our primary way to transport people on buses? We kicked off construction in May after years of inaction and we got the White House to move ahead on Penn Station. Something I had conversations with the President about in my congratulatory call back in November, meetings about it in November, March phone calls again recently saying, let's get this moving now. (05:21–05:32)

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Asserts the start of construction on a new midtown bus terminal and progress on Penn Station.

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