Gov. Kathy Hochul accused President Trump on Tuesday of throwing a “temper tantrum” over his administration’s continued freeze on Gateway Tunnel construction funding, which led to the halting of all work on the vital rail project.
The Democratic governor, during an unrelated Feb. 10 press conference, laid blame for Gateway’s nearly five-day work stoppage squarely at the Republican president’s feet. The project ground to a stop on Feb. 6 because the Department of Transportation has refused to release $205 million of funding for it since October, and a line of credit keeping construction going ran out.
