Gobsmacked to learn from @nypost today that the Villages Daily Sun now has the 25th largest print circulation of any U.S. newspaper and was the only one in the top 25 to gain circ last year.
Kathryn Garcia, new exec director of @PANYNJ, said wait times at @TSA screening is averaging about 45 minutes at the longest at the airports that serve NYC -- LGA, JFK and EWR. But given the partial shutdown of @DHSgov, she said, "that could change at any time."
Judge Richard Hertling in the Court of Federal Claims in D.C. dismissed six counts in the suit brought by the Gateway Development Commission, saying they were moot. Still awaiting his decision on two others.
Federal judge dismissing Gateway tunnel case against the U.S. government because the Trump administration already paid the $205 million that had been withheld. Tunnel project sponsors sought some assurance that the government wouldn't take the money back, but they got none.
As expected, work on the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project is resuming this week, now that laid-off workers have been recalled and sites have been cleared after the blizzard.
@SenSchumer says Gateway rail tunnel project will get the remaining $98 million that the Trump administration withheld in next 24 hours and work should resume by early next week. nytimes.com/live/2026/02/1…
@GovKathyHochul says she called President Trump last night and implored him to release the rest of the withheld funding for the $16 billion Gateway tunnel project. She says an additional $77 million was paid today, but the Gateway commission says it is still owed $98 million.
The Trump administration suspended federal funding of the Gateway project in October. That suspension led the development commission to halt work on the tunnel last Friday and lay off about 1,000 union workers.
Federal funding of the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel will resume today, though some payments may not be made before Tuesday, lawyers for the Trump administration told a federal judge in Manhattan. The Gateway Development Commission said it was owed about $205 million.
@GovSherrillNJ says Trump administration indicated it had until 1 p.m. today to send the money owed to the Gateway project. She says she expects the funding to continue flowing and work on the project to resume in short order.
At rally for Gateway tunnel project funding restoration, @GovSherrillNJ says "by 1:00, we should see that money." Gateway Development Commission says the federal government owes $205 million in funds that were promised to the $16 billion project.