Gillibrand Confronts Duffy Over $73 Million New York Highway Funding Freeze

1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 19

$73 million in New York highway funds became the center of a heated Senate clash after Kirsten Gillibrand accused Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy of bragging online about withholding the money.
Duffy said the administration froze the funds because New York has not revoked commercial driver's licenses issued to people not authorized to work in the U.S., a policy he said every other state has complied with.
The dispute widened into a fight over politics and federal leverage: Gillibrand called Duffy's meme-filled video demeaning to a state of 20 million people, while Duffy pointed to $8 billion for Penn Station and said New York should be grateful.
The freeze is part of a broader Trump administration push against New York transportation funding; the state has already sued over this and an earlier attempt to halt billions for the Hudson rail tunnel, which briefly stopped work and cost more than 1,000 jobs.

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