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 a Brooklyn-Queens connection to 17 subway lines, the Long Island Rail Road and more than 40 bus routes and was first proposed nearly 30 years ago by the Regional Plan Association…