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Federal Government Investigates Federally-Funded Transit Projects in NYC

  2ND AVENUE SUBWAY     EAST SIDE ACCESS/ LIRR EXTENSION TO GRAND CENTRAL  
  FULTON STREET TRANSIT CENTER  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 03  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 05     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 06  
  MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 08     MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 11  
April 21, 2010
New York Post

The United States Department of Transportation is looking into the Second Avenue Subway line, the Fulton Street Transit Center, the new PATH Terminal and the Long Island Rail Road extension to Grand Central for potential fiscal abuse or wrongdoings. All of these projects have exceeded their budgets and are taking longer than expected to complete. The evaluation should take ten months.