Brooklyn President Angry at State for Pulling Plug on Expressway Repairs

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In a letter to Governor Cuomo, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said that pulling the plug on plans to rebuild the Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways “is a show of disrespect” to Brooklyn, the New York Post reported Thursday. Markowitz asked Cuomo to reconsider repairing the two roadways, and said that time and millions in taxpayer money were wasted in studying and planning the repairs. State Department of Transportation spokesman Adam Levine said that the study would be used for future repairs to both Brooklyn expressways, but those improvements would not be extensive as once thought, the Post also reported.

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