US EditionLawsuit Filed Against Trump Administration to Restore Gateway Tunnel Project Funding
The Gateway Development Commission seeks release of $4.38 billion in federal grants halted since Oct 2025, risking nearly 1,000 jobs and delaying a critical $16 billion infrastructure project.
- On Tuesday, New York and New Jersey sued the Trump administration in federal court in Manhattan to restore $16 billion in frozen funding for the Hudson River rail tunnel and demand immediate payment resumption.
- The administration froze the payments in September, citing the government shutdown, while White House budget director Russ Vought said officials believed the spending involved unconstitutional practices, and the U.S. Department of Transportation reviewed these claims under the 2021 federal infrastructure law signed by President Joe Biden.
- The Gateway Development Commission filed a similar suit Monday, with work beginning in 2023 to build and repair the 116-year-old tunnel damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
- Seeking a quick ruling, the states said construction underway could halt by Friday, risking a key transit corridor and harming commuters and the regional economy, Letitia James, New York Attorney General, said.
- The lawsuit escalates a legal confrontation as the White House and U.S. Transportation Department did not immediately return emails Tuesday night, while the Gateway Development Commission filed a separate suit Monday.
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Gateway tunnel project commission sues Trump admin to release federal funds for new rail tunnels – amNewYork
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC), which is overseeing the construction of two new rail tunnels underneath the Hudson River, sued the Trump administration late Monday night in a bid to force the feds to release vital funding they froze in October. The legal Hail Mary aims to avoid a work stoppage on the project, which could happen as early as this Friday. In the Feb. 2 suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, lawyers for the GDC a…
NY-NJ Gateway Commission Sues Federal Government Over Hudson Tunnel Funds
The Gateway Development Commission sued the federal government on Tuesday, seeking to force the release of grant and loan funds for the Hudson Tunnel Project, a major rail effort linking New Jersey and New York under the Hudson River in New York City.
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