By Julianne Cuba, Brooklyn Paper; September 4, 2018
Mayor DeBlasio shouldn’t count on getting the federal cash he needs to roll out his beloved Brooklyn–Queens waterfront trolley line — which he on Thursday said will now cost more money, include less stops, and take years longer to build — the city’s lone Republican congressman said.
“We have many more viable projects that need federal funding — if I was the mayor, I wouldn’t be holding my breath,” said Bay Ridge Rep. Dan Donovan, a pal of DeBlasio critic President Trump, who would need to sign off on any future federal budget. “Trying to kick the costs to the federal government appears to be a last-ditch attempt to revive a dying project that just doesn’t make sense.”
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