VIDEO: Gillibrand Secures Commitment From Transportation Secretary Not To Cancel Funding For Major Transit Capital Investment Projects

May 15, 2025
At today’s Senate Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee hearing on the Department of Transportation’s budget, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand secured an on-the-record commitment from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy that he would not cancel grants for major transit capital investment projects. Gillibrand, ranking member of the subcommittee, explained that this would include two major projects in New York: Phase Two of the Second Avenue Subway Extension project and the Hudson Tunnel Gateway project.
These projects have signed Full-Funding Grant Agreements (FFGAs) with the Federal Transit Administration, which will provide more than $10 billion in federal funding for these major New York infrastructure projects. The commitment Gillibrand secured means these projects should continue despite the Trump administration’s attempts to withhold funding to major projects in New York.
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