The man, who was working at a site at Hudson Yards in Manhattan, fell 60 feet into a pit below, according to the New York Fire Department. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Hudson River Tunnels Project”
Trump Says $16 Billion Hudson River Tunnel Project Is ‘Terminated’
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2025
It was not immediately clear what the president meant and whether the project, known as Gateway, had already been stripped of federal funding. Source: New York Times
After Trump Pulls Funding, Work Continues on N.Y. Area Transit Projects
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2025
Two of the largest infrastructure initiatives in the United States were still moving forward this week despite the battles over a government shutdown surrounding them. Source: New York Times
Trump to Withhold $18 Billion for New York-Area Transit Projects
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2025
Funds for two of the nation’s largest infrastructure projects, the Second Avenue subway and Hudson River tunnels, are being held up in apparent attempts to pressure Democrats amid a government shutdown. Source: New York Times
Gateway Tunnel Project Under Hudson River Won’t Be Finished Until 2035
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2022
The crucial Gateway transit link from New Jersey to New York will now open three years later than expected and is likely to cost $2 billion more to construct. Source: New York Times
What the Gateway Deal Means for New Yorkers
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2022
A Times reporter breaks down how the long-stalled Hudson River train tunnel project could help the city, and why it might now actually happen. Source: New York Times
Governors Hochul and Murphy to Split Cost of Gateway Tunnel
By Gotham Rex on July 5, 2022
A long-debated project to build new tunnels from New Jersey to Penn Station moved a step closer to construction. Source: New York Times
The N.Y.P.D.’s Sex-Crimes Division Faces an Investigation
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2022
The Special Victims Division is the subject of allegations that its officers shamed and abused survivors of sexual assault. Source: New York Times
New York Faces New Commuter Surge, Ready or Not, Study Suggests
By Gotham Rex on June 15, 2022
The study appears to underscore the need for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, part of the huge and long-planned Gateway project. Source: New York Times
Penn Station Plan Is Revised by Hochul
By Gotham Rex on November 3, 2021
Gov. Kathy Hochul is putting her own stamp on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal, focusing on rebuilding the huge station but putting off its expansion. Source: New York Times
N.Y.’s Transit System Could Receive $10 Billion in Infrastructure Deal
By Gotham Rex on July 30, 2021
The $1 trillion compromise bill worked out this week in the Senate includes billions of dollars for subways, buses and railroads in the metropolitan area. Source: New York Times
5 Things N.Y.C. Wants From Biden to Transform Transportation
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2021
Transit agencies pummeled by the pandemic are pushing the new administration to fund projects stalled in the Trump years. Source: New York Times