{"id":5556,"date":"2026-04-17T08:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5556"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:34:35","slug":"trump-admin-restores-funding-to-2nd-avenue-subway-project-after-mta-sues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5556","title":{"rendered":"Trump admin restores funding to 2nd Avenue Subway project after MTA sues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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Overall, the project is supposed to cost $7.7 billion, with the federal government covering around $3.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute over the Second Avenue subway was among a number of major transportation projects in New York and New Jersey that Trump has sought to scuttle as he feuded with Democratic leaders in those states.<\/p>\n<p>The administration in October also\u00a0halted billions of dollars in funding\u00a0for a massive new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge in February, however, ordered federal officials to\u00a0resume payments\u00a0for the tunnel project under the Hudson River.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the USDOT\u00a0rescinded approval\u00a0for New York\u2019s\u00a0first-in-the-nation\u00a0congestion fee and threatened to pull funding from the state if it did not abandon the toll, which is imposed on drivers entering the busiest part of Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>But a federal judge ruled last month that the agency\u00a0lacked the authority\u00a0to unilaterally rescind approval of the $9 fee.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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