""financially catastrophic for the region.""
""This funding freeze was unlawful from the start," New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement Wednesday. "We took swift action in court, and now every dollar that was illegally withheld has been released.""
Work on the Gateway tunnel under the Hudson River will resume next week after the federal government released more than $205 million that had been frozen. Work stopped earlier this month when the Gateway Development Commission ran out of money and exhausted a line of credit, costing about 1,000 union workers their jobs. President Donald Trump froze the funds in September, calling the project "financially catastrophic for the region," and later warned of cost overruns while denying an account that he sought a station renaming for the funds. New York and New Jersey attorneys general sued, a federal judge ordered the funds released, and officials say the project, needed after Hurricane Sandy damage, is expected to be completed in 2035.
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