Second_NP1 Avenue_NNL1 Subway_NP1 setback_NN1 :_: New_JJ hurdles_NN2 will_VM likely_RR push_VVI phase_NN1 one_MC1 completion_NN1 from_II 2015_MC to_II 2017_MC Straphangers_NN2 seeking_VVG relief_NN1 from_II the_AT overcrowded_JJ Lexington_NP1 Ave_NNL1 ._. 
line_NN1 may_VM have_VHI to_TO wait_VVI until_II 2017_MC for_IF the_AT arrival_NN1 of_IO the_AT MTA_NP1 's_GE cure_NN1 --_NN1 the_AT Second_MD Ave_NP1 subway_NN1 ,_, sources_NN2 told_VVD the_AT Daily_JJ News_NN1 Tuesday_NPD1 ._. 
The_AT Metropolitan_JJ Transportation_NN1 Authority_NN1 has_VHZ finished_VVN an_AT1 in-depth_JJ analysis_NN1 of_IO the_AT work_NN1 schedule_NN1 ,_, budget_NN1 and_CC potential_JJ hurdles_NN2 for_IF the_AT long-awaited_JJ addition_NN1 to_II the_AT system_NN1 ,_, sources_NN2 told_VVD the_AT News_NN1 ._. 
The_AT conclusion_NN1 :_: the_AT official_JJ completion_NN1 date_NN1 for_IF phase_NN1 one_MC1 of_IO the_AT project_NN1 should_VM be_VBI pushed_VVN from_II June_NPM1 2015_MC to_II December_NPM1 2016_MC ,_, with_IW possible_JJ future_JJ delays_NN2 placing_VVG the_AT opening_NN1 in_II the_AT summer_NNT1 of_IO 2017_MC ,_, the_AT sources_NN2 said_VVD ._. 
And_CC ,_, the_AT Long_JJ Island_NNL1 Rail_NP1 Road_NNL1 's_GE extension_NN1 to_II Grand_JJ Central_JJ Terminal_JJ --_JJ most_RGT recently_RR set_VVN to_TO be_VBI finished_VVN in_II February_NPM1 2015_MC --_NN1 is_VBZ now_RT expected_VVN to_TO be_VBI ready_JJ for_IF use_NN1 in_II September_NPM1 2016_MC ,_, according_II21 to_II22 sources_NN2 familiar_JJ with_IW the_AT analysis_NN1 ._. 
Gene_NN1 Russianoff_NN1 of_IO the_AT Straphangers_NP1 Campaign_NN1 took_VVD news_NN1 of_IO the_AT latest_JJT Second_NNT1 Ave_NP1 ._. 
delay_VV0 in_II stride_NN1 ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 will_VM not_XX come_VVI as_II shock_NN1 to_II the_AT American_JJ people_NN that_CST the_AT Second_MD Ave_NP1 ._. 
subway_NN1 is_VBZ behind_II schedule_NN1 ,_, "_" Russianoff_NP1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" It_PPH1 's_VBZ a_AT1 big_JJ complicated_JJ project_NN1 ._. 
I_PPIS1 think_VV0 part_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 is_VBZ bowing_VVG to_II the_AT economic_JJ realities_NN2 of_IO what_DDQ money_NN1 is_VBZ available_JJ and_CC when_RRQ ._. "_" 
Phase_VV0 one_PN1 will_VM feature_VVI new_JJ stations_NN2 along_II Second_NNT1 Ave_NP1 ._. 
at_II 96th_MD ,_, 86th_MD and_CC 72nd_MD Sts_NP2 ._. 
There_RL also_RR will_VM be_VBI new_JJ entrances_NN2 to_II the_AT existing_JJ F-train_JJ station_NN1 at_II Lex_NP1 ._. 
Ave_NP1 ._. 
and_CC 63rd_MD St._NP1 MTA_NP1 officials_NN2 have_VH0 estimated_VVN more_DAR than_CSN 200,000_MC straphangers_NN2 will_VM ride_VVI the_AT new_JJ rails_NN2 on_II the_AT East_ND1 Side_NN1 right_NN1 off_II the_AT bat_NN1 ._. 
Operating_VVG as_II an_AT1 extension_NN1 of_IO the_AT Q_NN1 line_NN1 in_II Manhattan_NP1 ,_, southbound_JJ trains_NN2 will_VM pick_VVI up_RP passengers_NN2 at_II 63rd_MD St._NP1 and_NP1 Lex_NP1 ._. 
Ave_NP1 ._. 
where_CS they_PPHS2 can_VM transfer_VVI to_II F_ZZ1 trains_VVZ ._. 
Trains_NN2 will_VM then_RT run_VVI west_ND1 under_II Central_JJ Park_NN1 and_CC eventually_RR head_VV0 south_ND1 to_II the_AT existing_JJ Q_NN1 station_NN1 at_II 57th_MD Street_NP1 St._NNL1 and_CC 7th_MD Ave._NP1 ,_, the_AT current_JJ northern_JJ terminal_NN1 of_IO the_AT Q_NN1 line_NN1 ._. 
Southbound_JJ trains_NN2 will_VM make_VVI express_JJ stops_NN2 at_II stations_NN2 along_II Seventh_NP1 Avenue_NNL1 and_CC Broadway_NN1 before_II going_VVG over_II the_AT Manhattan_NP1 Bridge_NN1 into_II Brooklyn_NP1 ._. 
The_AT original_JJ schedule_NN1 for_IF the_AT first_MD phase_NN1 projected_VVN a_AT1 2012_MC completion_NN1 date_NN1 but_CCB MTA_NP1 officials_NN2 have_VH0 pushed_VVN the_AT date_NN1 back_RP several_DA2 times_NNT2 over_II the_AT years_NNT2 --_JJ most_RGT recently_RR in_II March_NPM1 2008_MC ._. 
Officials_NN2 then_RT cited_VVD higher_JJR than_CSN expected_JJ construction_NN1 costs_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ required_JJ design_NN1 and_CC planning_VVG changes_NN2 ._. 
Officials_NN2 also_RR have_VH0 said_VVN the_AT earlier_JJR projections_NN2 were_VBDR overly_RR optimistic_JJ ._. 
Gov_NN1 ._. 
Paterson_NP1 last_MD week_NNT1 expressed_VVD exasperation_NN1 with_IW major_JJ MTA_NN1 projects_NN2 when_RRQ he_PPHS1 announced_VVD management_NN1 consultant_NN1 Jay_NP1 Walder_NP1 was_VBDZ his_APPGE pick_NN1 to_TO replace_VVI former_DA chief_JJ executive_NN1 Elliot_NP1 Sander_NP1 who_PNQS stepped_VVD down_RP earlier_RRR in_II the_AT year_NNT1 ._. 
Paterson_NP1 said_VVD the_AT new_JJ leadership_NN1 ,_, plus_II a_AT1 long-term_JJ funding_NN1 solution_NN1 to_II the_AT underfunded_JJ capital_NN1 construction_NN1 plan_NN1 ,_, would_VM result_VVI in_II "_" wiser_JJR "_" decisions_NN2 and_CC projects_NN2 "_" completed_VVN on_II time_NNT1 and_CC on_II budget_NN1 ._. "_" 
The_AT federal_JJ government_NN1 also_RR has_VHZ been_VBN frustrated_VVN with_IW the_AT MTA_NP1 's_GE handling_NN1 of_IO some_DD aspects_NN2 of_IO the_AT project_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Federal_JJ Transit_NN1 Administration_NN1 is_VBZ providing_VVG about_II one-third_MF of_IO the_AT project_NN1 's_GE funding_NN1 ._. 
In_II November_NPM1 ,_, the_AT FTA_NN1 Regional_JJ Administrator_NN1 Brigid_NP1 Hynes-Cherin_NP1 complained_VVD there_EX was_VBDZ a_AT1 "_" lack_NN1 of_IO leadership_NN1 "_" when_CS the_AT MTA_NP1 "_" took_VVD an_AT1 excessive_JJ amount_NN1 of_IO time_NNT1 "_" to_TO fill_VVI the_AT top-level_JJ vacancies_NN2 at_II the_AT construction_NN1 division_NN1 ,_, including_II the_AT presidency_NN1 ._. 
The_AT Second_MD Ave_NP1 ._. 
budget_NN1 is_VBZ revised_VVN upwards_RL slightly_RR to_II $4.4_NNU billion_NNO from_II about_RG $4.3_NNU billion_NNO ._. 
