(The Center Square) — The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court ruling blocking an attempt to cut funding for the Gateway tunnel and other infrastructure projects in the New York and New Jersey region.Â
In a new filing Friday in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, New York, New Jersey, and the federal government agreed to dismiss the appeal of a lower court ruling that barred the Department of Transportation from freezing funding for the $16 billion rail project under the Hudson River.
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