The Metropolitan Transportation Authority sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for withholding nearly $60 million from a major New York City subway project.
The breach-of-contract lawsuit — filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims — over funding for the $7.7 billion Second Avenue Subway project is the latest in a series of legal challenges to the U.S. Transportation Department’s decision to suspend funding for some projects at the start of a government shutdown last fall.
USDOT and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Manhattan subway project is designed to shorten commutes for more than 100,000 daily riders, and the current portion will extend the Q subway line 1.76 miles into East Harlem and Harlem and add three new subway stations. The Second Avenue line has been under consideration since the 1920s.
“Once again, New York has been forced to sue the Trump Administration to stop them from erratically shutting off billions of dollars in previously committed infrastructure funding,” said New York Governor Kathy Hochul. “Donald Trump’s unlawful funding pause has put this entire project at risk.”
