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Greenway plan gets big boost.

Publication: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

Publication Date: 29-MAR-05
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Daily News

Byline: Elizabeth Hays

Mar. 29--A long-held dream to create a 14-mile greenway along Brooklyn's underused waterfront is finally picking up some speed.

The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative got a "monumental" boost this month from $18.25 million in federal transportation funds that were earmarked for the project by Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-Sunset Park).

"It's monumental," said Brian McCormick, chairman and co-founder of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, which has been fighting for the project since 1998. "This is the biggest...

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