Even before I knew I truly wanted to build a startup, I played around with
countless side projects and they are spread across the web, too.
The plan that the board approved today, and that Albany will now spend months deliberating on, would fund a new fare payment system to replace the already - obsolete MetroCard; put $ 2.9 billion toward finally finishing the East
Side Access
project that will allow Long Island Rail Road passengers to disembark in Grand Central; allocate $ 1.5 billion to begin work on the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway, extending it from 96th to 125th streets; and fund
countless other nitty - gritty, state - of - good - repair needs across the system's 5,000 - square - mile service area.