White House budget director Russ Vought said Wednesday that he was putting a hold on roughly $18 billion to fund New York City’s Hudson Tunnel and Second Avenue subway projects as Transportation Department workers tied to the projects have been furloughed as part of the government shutdown.
Vought posted on X that the hold was being put in place out of the administration’s belief that the money was “based on unconstitutional DEI principles,” a reference to diversity, equity and inclusion.
