US EditionJudge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Funding for Rail Tunnel Between New York and New Jersey
Judge Jeannette A. Vargas blocked the Trump administration's suspension, allowing nearly 1,000 jobs to continue on the $16 billion Gateway Tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey.
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Jeannette A. Vargas in Manhattan ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for the Gateway/Hudson rail tunnel as the lawsuit proceeds.
- The Trump administration had suspended $16 billion in support months earlier, citing the government shutdown and diversity, equity and inclusion contract review, while reports say top officials linked funding release to naming requests involving Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York.
- By Friday morning, nearly 1,000 workers were on site at four locations where activity was winding down after more than $1 billion was spent, while barges drove `king piles` into the river at North Bergen, raising safety concerns.
- Judge Vargas concluded the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm without an injunction if operations stopped, while Shankar Duraiswamy urged urgent relief, warning `any long-term suspension of funding could torpedo the project` and filings noted harm to the public interest and unclear maintenance timelines.
- If the administration complies, the project could soon restart, as the commission's breach suit seeks over $200 million and aims to ease delays on the over 110-year-old tunnel connecting New York and New Jersey.
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The Gothamist reports a Manhattan federal judge may have ended President Donald Trump’s attempted extortion of New York and New Jersey residents.Judge Jeannette Vargas’ ordered the Trump administration to “unfreeze funding for the sprawling Gateway project on Friday, paving the way for work to resume on a new set of Hudson River tunnels,” the Gothamist reports.The decision came in the aftermath of a lawsuit filed by the New York and New Jersey a…
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze more than $16 billion for NY tunnel project
A federal judge in New York ruled Friday that the Trump administration must unfreeze more than $16 billion earmarked for a major New York infrastructure project and allow construction to continue, saying that public interest would be “harmed by a delay.”
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore funding for rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey.
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