Gateway officials said at its March 23 meeting that a roughly two-week shutdown cost millions, delayed key tunnel contracts and could force another halt within months as funding uncertainty persists.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's 2027 spending proposal follows announced permitting reform measures set to speed residential and infrastructure construction and plans to expand nuclear power construction.
Launching an environmental justice case in Syracuse, N.Y. in 2018, Lanessa Owens-Chaplin looked beyond her lawsuit against the $2.3-billion plan to replace the aging Interstate 81 viaduct bisecting a historically Black neighborhood.
Originally constructed in 1891, the existing building on the Terminal Warehouse property initially served as an integral hub for shipping goods into and out of New York.