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Cuomo Is Siccing His L Train Experts On The $11 Billion East Side Access Project


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Christopher Robbins

Published Apr 5, 2019

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Inside the East Side Access's eastern cavern in 2015
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Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.

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