The Trump Administration on Wednsday Announced A Freeze on Roughly $ 18 Billion in Funding for two Major New York City Infrastructure Projects. The funding was earmarked for the Hudson River Tunnel Project (Gateway) and the Second Avenue Subway Project, According to Office of Management and Budget Director Russell VOUGHT.In a post on x, vought wind: “Roughly $ 18 billion in new york city infrastructure projects have been ben put on hold to enSure funding is not flowingDei Reefers to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policies, Which have come under Scrutiny by the Trump Administration. Vough’s Announcement Came on the First Day of a Us Government Shutdown, triggered after Congress failed to pass stopgap funding bills that would have kept feder Least Seven More Weeks. The Trump Administration has blamed the two top democrats in Congress, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumeer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Both from New York City, for the shutdown. The gateway project, costing more than $ 16 billion, AIMS to build a second railway tunnel under the hudson river, adding capacity to two Single-track tunnels that carry amtrak and new jersey trainsit train Station, midtown manhattan, from new jersey and back. The second Avenue subway is an ongoing expansion along manhattan’s east side.The Hudson River Rail Tunnel has been a long-delayed project, intended to ease the strain on a century-old tunnel connecting new york and new jensiony. Hundreds of Amtrak and Commuter Trains Carry Hundreds of Thousands of Passengers through the Tunnel Daily, with delays potentially affected travel along the East Coast BeetWeen Boston and Washington.
