The Trump administration on Wednesday unfroze more than $100 million allocated for a massive rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, prompting Democrats who rallied behind the project to declare victory.
The decision to finally make the Gateway Tunnel funds available to local authorities came after a federal judge ruled earlier this month that the administration must distribute the funds — and a phone call that New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says she shared with the president this week.
“Following our preliminary court victory and my conversation with the President, the Trump Administration has released the remaining $127 million in overdue Gateway Tunnel funding,” Hochul posted on X Wednesday morning.