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New York is kicking off design and engineering work on a “game changer” mass-transit tie between Brooklyn and Queens along 14 miles of an existing, but little-used freight railway.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday touted a nearly $166 million commitment in state money for the initial work as a down payment on the $5.5 billion Interborough Express, a proposed light-rail line between Jackson Heights and Bay Ridge.

The Interborough Express would offer

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