Team, known as New York City Football Club, aims to complete construction in time for the 2027 season, with other redevelopment also planned in Willets Point former industrial area.
University researchers in West Virginia and South Dakota will gain $16M for front-end design of extraction facilities, with $450M also awarded for clean energy demonstration projects at mine sites across the U.S.
With concrete foundation work underway and steelwork set to rise in May for the $124-million Tidewater Landing soccer stadium, construction is progressing despite a hold in public funding amid inflationary pressure.
Authorities are probing a trench collapse that killed two construction workers, who were identified by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as Francisco Reyes, 41, and Fernando Lagunas Pereira, 28.