"The project ground to a stop on Feb. 6 because the Department of Transportation has refused to release $205 million of funding for it since October, and a line of credit keeping construction going ran out. It has come to a dead stop because Donald Trump is throwing a temper tantrum, Hochul said of the $16 billion undertaking to replace a decaying rail tunnel that connects the Empire and Garden States beneath the Hudson River."
"The governor further suggested that Trump's continued funding freeze may be tied to his desire to slap his own name onto Penn Station and Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport, referencing reports by multiple outlets to that effect. The reports indicated that Trump would agree to release the funds if U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer the Democratic Senate minority leader agreed to rename the buildings after the president. Schumer was said to have refused."
Governor Kathy Hochul accused President Donald Trump of causing a nearly five-day halt to Gateway Tunnel construction by withholding $205 million in federal funding. The Department of Transportation has refused to release the funds since October, and a line of credit that kept work going expired on Feb. 6, stopping all construction. Hochul described Trump as "throwing a temper tantrum" and suggested the freeze may be tied to reported demands to rename Penn Station and Dulles Airport after him. Reports said Trump would release funds if Sen. Chuck Schumer agreed to renaming; Schumer reportedly refused. The project is a $16 billion effort to replace a decaying rail tunnel under the Hudson River.
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