‘Tug of war’: Democrats push Trump to release New York City tunnel funds
Al Jazeera
New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the $77m released on Tuesday falls short of the amount owed for the transportation project.
New York has confirmed that the federal government released another $77m for new tunnels and bridges connecting the state to its neighbour New Jersey, amid a feud with United States President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul appeared at a construction site alongside union leaders to push for the release of the remaining funds, which were frozen in October amid a record-breaking government shutdown.
“It cannot continue like this,” Hochul, a Democrat, told workers at the site.
“The workers need to know that that job is going to be there: the one they signed up for, the one they trained for, the one they’re so proud of. It has to be there year after year, until this project is done.”
At stake is the fate of the Northeast Corridor project, a central part of the Gateway Program, an interstate initiative to expand and renovate the aging tunnels that the link metropolitan hubs between New York and New Jersey.
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