NYC's newest subway line set to open, 98 years after first proposed

NEW YORK -- It’s been an on-again, off-again, “believe it when you see it” project since the Jazz Age. Construction started 45 years ago. But New Yorkers’ long wait to take a subway under Manhattan’s far Upper East Side ends Sunday, when a stretch of the new Second Avenue line opens to the public.
A ceremonial first ride took place on Saturday night for an invitation-only crowd of dignitaries, about 90 minutes before the New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Squar