The U.S. Department of Transportation has outlined the steps the MTA and the Gateway Development Commission must take in order to restore funding for two key transit projects — the next phase of the Second Avenue Subway and the Hudson River Tunnel.

Both the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the GDC acknowledged Tuesday that they have received letters from the feds explaining the steps D.O.T. expects them to take in order to restart federal reimbursements on the projects.

“We got feedback from the federal government last night, literally,” Janno Lieber said at a public event in Manhattan on Monday. “We got feedback from them and we will be acting on it promptly.”

The funding for the two key transit projects — the long-awaited extension of the Second Avenue Subway into East Harl

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