Mayor Bloomberg says Second Ave. subway has been so delayed, he may not be around when it opens

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The MTA said it expects the first phase of the Second Ave. subway project to be completed by 2016.
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The first phase of the project includes new stations at 96th, 86th and 72nd Sts.
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Mayor Bloomberg said he isn't so sure he'll be alive by the time the Second Ave. subway opens.

PUBLISHED: May 8, 2013 at 9:05 a.m. | UPDATED: January 10, 2019 at 6:36 a.m.

The Second Ave. subway has been delayed so long, Mayor Bloomberg isn’t so sure he’ll live long enough to see it open.

“I’m 71; I’ve got a 50-50 chance of living to see the first person on it, but not much more than that,” Bloomberg said Tuesday.

The MTA said it expects the first phase of the Second Ave. subway project to be completed by 2016.

The MTA said the mayor should make it.

The first phase of the project includes new stations at 96th, 86th and 72nd Sts.

“We hope and fully expect Mayor Bloomberg will . . . celebrate his 75th birthday by taking a ride on the Second Ave. subway,” said spokesman Adam Lisberg.