New York is kicking off design and engineering work on a “game changer” mass-transit tie between Brooklyn and Queens alongside 14 miles of an present, however little-used freight railway. Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday touted an almost $166 million dedication in state cash for the preliminary work as a down fee on the $5.5 billion Interborough Categorical, a proposed light-rail line between Jackson Heights and Bay Ridge. The Interborough Categorical would provide a Brooklyn-Queens connection to 17 subway traces, the Lengthy Island Rail Highway and greater than 40 bus routes and was first proposed practically 30 years in the past…
