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New York City is turning to its waterways in the hope of relieving congestion brought on by e-commerce orders.

On Friday, the NYC Economic Development Corp made a ’request for proposals’ to “activate” various waterfront facilities for use as barge landings.

It read: “Increasing the capacity of ...

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