The original FIFA World Cup 2026 Host City agreements requires free transit for fans to all matches. To lessen the burden on host cities, FIFA says it modified the requirements in 2023 to secure access to transit, public or other.
"This recognition is a testament to the talent, dedication, and 'can-do' spirit of the professional staff on the NYS Department of Transportation's team," Commissioner Dominguez said. "From bridge strikes in the capital region to catastrophic flooding in the Adirondacks, our team members work tirelessly to restore traffic and critical infrastructure-safely and quickly-with modern and resilient structures along these vital corridors within New York State."
Being named to the Washington State DES contract is a significant milestone for ENC and a testament to the strength of our product portfolio. This contract gives transit agencies across the region a streamlined path to American-made, Altoona-tested heavy-duty buses in every major propulsion category.
While dozens of other countries have delivered fast, modern train networks, we are stuck with a skeletal system built largely on slow, 19th-century alignments. Even developing nations are passing us by. There is growing recognition at the federal level that things need to change, but substantial and comprehensive reform would require an act of Congress.
Albany is at a pivotal moment, and the city and the state can't risk letting the past define the future. Building off efforts to repair cities like Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse, New York is exploring the future of I-787, the overbuilt highway separating Capital Region communities from the Hudson River and each other. State DOT published its Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study in the fall of 2025 and is now moving into the environmental review process,
New Yorker state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years on permits tied to the construction and operation of new data centers. While the bill's prospects are uncertain, Wired reports that New York is at least the sixth state to consider pausing construction of new data centers. As tech companies plan to spend ever-increasing amounts of money to build AI infrastructure, both Democrats and Republicans have expressed concerns about the impact those data centers might have on surrounding communities.
Construction remains paused for now and we continue to work with our contractors to plan how to deploy these funds in the most effective way and get workers back on the job to resume some construction as soon as possible,
MANHATTAN - THE GATEWAY COMMISSION SUED the U.S. Department of Transportation, alleging the agency is withholding $205,275,358 in contractually required payments for the $16 billion Hudson River rail tunnel project and forcing a potential work stoppage Feb. 6 that could cost about 1,000 jobs, reports The case, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, comes as the Gateway Development Commission warns its credit line is exhausted and contractors may be unable to keep building sites active on both sides of the river.
