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Gov. Cuomo Talks Infrastructure; Presses Trump to Fund Gateway Project

“New York State has stepped up and we have committed $5 billion to Gateway and I am proud of it and I think it is a fair investment for the state to make,” Gov. Cuomo said. “But we need President Trump to fulfill the federal commitment to make Gateway a reality.”

By John Jordan | johnjordan | Updated on July 28, 2017

Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the Association for a Better New York breakfast meeting on Thursday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the Association for a Better New York breakfast meeting on Thursday.

NEW YORK CITY—While lawmakers in Washington, DC were focused on trying to repeal Obamacare yesterday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was focused on another top priority of the Trump administration—infrastructure.

Gov. Cuomo made a host of infrastructure related announcements on Thursday, including a plea to President Donald Trump to fulfill the federal government’s commitment to fund its share of the more than $20-billion Gateway Project and a prediction that the first of two spans of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, now named after his late father, will open for traffic on Aug. 25.

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