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CEO Janno Lieber at a particular assembly the place the board voted to approve a development contract for part 2 of the Second Avenue Subway that can lengthen the road to East Harlem. Marc A. Hermann / MTA I’ll admit “MTA Awards Boring Contract” doesn’t sound just like the transit headline of the yr, but it surely’s true. At a particular assembly final week, the MTA Board voted to approve the biggest tunneling contract in company historical past to convey the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem, virtually 100 years after the concept was first proposed. Residents have waited lengthy…

Former Gov. and impartial mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo (left) and Democratic mayoral nominee and Meeting Member Zohran Mamdani. Picture by Lloyd Mitchell Democratic mayoral nominee and frontrunner Zohran Mamdani continued his sturdy fundraising efficiency over the previous month, having amassed greater than $1 million in non-public, principally small contributions since mid-July, in response to newly up to date filings with town Marketing campaign Finance Board (CFB) on Friday. On the similar time, impartial candidates former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and incumbent Mayor Eric Adams lagged behind. Cuomo raised roughly half of Mamdani’s haul — $507,660, whereas Adams amassed $420,886. Mamdani, a…