Trump to withhold billions of dollars from Gateway tunnel and Second Ave. subway projects Politico White House freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure funding NBC News Trump team puts on hold $18 billion in funding for NYC rail tunnel and subway projects amid government shutdown ABC7 New York US puts hold on $18 billion for New York’s Hudson Tunnel, Second Ave …
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ICE agents in the Park Ave neighborhood spark large-scale protest
Federal immigration agents were seemingly forced to retreat from a roofing job site Tuesday in the Park Avenue neighborhood after being confronted by more than 100 protesters. The group shouted “shame” and “Gestapo,” and applauded as agents in the ICE-led action drove a Border Patrol SUV away on four flat tires, which had been slashed. One of the roofers was …
Read More »MTA to begin digging 2nd Ave. subway in East Harlem, 50 years after project halted
Decades of empty promises are no more. The MTA board on Monday approved a contract to begin major construction on the Second Avenue Subway extension into East Harlem. The nearly $2 billion deal covers the bulk of the work for the extension, which aims to add three new stations on the Q line that transit officials said would one day …
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