DEMS/NEW YORK/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and Andrew M. Cuomo, the liberal governor of New York, may not share much common ground, but they both like to build big things. Mr. Cuomo, who fancies himself a modern-day Robert Moses, wants to appeal to the master builder in Mr. Trump to gain his support for a new $11 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River that is critical to the region’s economy. To make his case, Mr. Cuomo led a late-night expedition into one of the century-old rail tunnels beneath the river to gather evidence of the urgent need to replace them. And taking a cue from Hollywood, he brought along a film crew…The fate of the plan to build a new tunnel, known as Gateway, is in the president’s hands. New York and New Jersey have pledged to provide half of the estimated cost. The administration of Mr. Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, had agreed to cover the other half. But the Trump administration reneged on that arrangement.”
–Patrick McGeehan, “With a Hollywood Stunt, Cuomo Tries to Push Trump on Rail Tunnel,” The New York Times online, October 19, 2018