#race-based-contracting

#race-based-contracting

The pause affects a long-awaited plan to extend the city's Red Line train. The money was "put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting," budget director Russ Vought wrote on social media. Vought made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York, where he said $18 billion for infrastructure would be paused, including funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.