The Trump administration said Wednesday it is putting on hold roughly $18 billion in federal funding for two major New York infrastructure projects — a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River and an extension of Manhattan’s Second Avenue Subway — because of the partial government shutdown.
President Donald Trump announced the decision during a wide-ranging White House news conference, saying his administration was using the shutdown to cut federally funded projects championed by Democrat lawmakers, including the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel Project, The New York Times reported.
“It’s billions and billions of dollars that Schumer has worked 20 years to get,” Trump said, referring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a longtime supporter of Gateway. “Tell him it’s terminated.”
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