The Trump administration has frozen approximately $18 billion in federal funding for two large New York City infrastructure projects: the Hudson River Tunnel Project and the Second Avenue Subway project.

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought announced the freeze on social media platform X, stating: “Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles.”

The big picture: The Department of Transportation (DOT) clarified that Secretary Sean Duffy’s stance on the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program is clear: “Subsidizing infrastructure contracts with taxpayer dollars based on discriminatory principles is unconstitutional, counter to civil rights laws, an

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