Posted inTransit
Gateway Work to Restart With Millions Restored by Feds After Trump Cutoff
Officials say they now have the full $205 million needed to resume construction on the paused infrastructure project.
Trump Administration
News about President Donald Trump’s administration and its relationship with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City, including transit, taxes, ICE, health care, immigration and education.
Posted inPolitics
Gateway Work Still Paused as Hardhats and Pols Beg Trump Admin for Full Funds
The courts forced the feds to cough up some of the $200 million owed to the tunnel megaproject, but officials say work can’t restart without more.
Posted inTransit, Trump Administration
Gateway Megaproject Sues Feds for Withheld Funds Ahead of Looming Work Shutdown
The lawsuit accuses the U.S. Department of Transportation of improperly withholding contractually obligated funding for work on a new $16 billion Hudson River rail tunnel.
Posted inTransit, Trump Administration
Key Rail Tunnel Under Hudson Could Derail By Next Week Without Federal Funds
Officials pleaded with President Donald Trump to keep the mammoth public-works project alive.
Posted inHousing
Congress Defies Trump By Boosting Money for Housing
Bill expected to be passed next week will save New York devastating cuts in vouchers and other housing programs.
Posted inClimate
Major New York Wind Project May Die if Trump Pause Lasts Past Friday, Developer Says
Trained workers are in limbo, waiting for jobs at sea to start at Empire Wind.
Posted inImmigration
Protests Greet DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on New York Visit After Minneapolis ICE Killing
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s visit to Lower Manhattan Thursday morning was met with protests, one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Noem traveled from Minneapolis to New York City to announce the completion of “Operation Salvo” alongside high-ranking ICE and Customs and Border Protection […]
Posted inPolitics, Trump Administration
Trump Admin. to Freeze $10B in Social Programs to New York and Other Dem States
The administration is targeting the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Child Care and Development Fund and the Social Services Block Grant program.
Posted inTrump Administration
Venezuelans Cheer as Maduro Faces Federal Charges in Manhattan Courthouse
A smaller group of counter-protesters separated by police barriers decried what one called as “an illegal act of war.”
Posted inClimate
Trump Puts Brakes on Two New York Offshore Wind Projects
The federal order paused leases for the Empire Wind and Sunrise Wind projects, citing national security risks.