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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,453 posts) Thu Dec 31, 2020, 08:18 PM Dec 2020

Pete Buttigieg to visit Hudson River tunnel as Schumer pushes for Gateway project

Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for transportation secretary, has agreed to tour the crumbling Hudson River rail tunnels, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday as he renewed his push for a stalled project to build a new connection.

“I explained to him that this has been a top priority for New York for more than a decade and that our future depends on it,” said Schumer, the Senate minority leader. “He was very receptive, and I was very optimistic.”

The comments came after he held a Wednesday video conference with Buttigieg, the ex-small-city mayor and unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate whom Biden has tapped to lead the Department of Transportation. Buttigieg needs Senate confirmation to take the job.

Schumer is a big backer of the estimated $11.3 billion Gateway project, which would include a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey. He, Gov. Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy say it’s needed to replace the existing rail connection, which is more than a century old, though critics argue it’s an unnecessary boondoggle and the old tunnels can be fixed.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pete-buttigieg-to-visit-hudson-river-tunnel-as-schumer-pushes-for-gateway-project/ar-BB1cobk7?li=BBnbfcQ&ocid=DELLDHP

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Pete Buttigieg to visit Hudson River tunnel as Schumer pushes for Gateway project (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2020 OP

Pete's gonna be awesome in his new role Blue Owl Dec 2020 #1

Yay for Mayor Pete! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #2

IIRC, Chris Christie killed that when he was elected Kittycow Dec 2020 #3

Worse than killed it. He embezzled federal funds for that very project. no_hypocrisy Dec 2020 #4

Wow. Kittycow Dec 2020 #5

That article certainly uses the most negative ways murielm99 Jan 2021 #6

Blue Owl

(54,771 posts)

1. Pete's gonna be awesome in his new role

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 08:33 PM

Dec 2020

Karadeniz

(23,428 posts)

2. Yay for Mayor Pete!

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 08:54 PM

Dec 2020

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

3. IIRC, Chris Christie killed that when he was elected

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 09:01 PM

Dec 2020

governor of NJ. Or something like that. I was reading Gothamist back then and the locals were pretty upset.

I hope it goes through finally!

no_hypocrisy

(48,851 posts)

4. Worse than killed it. He embezzled federal funds for that very project.

Reply to Kittycow (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 09:19 PM

Dec 2020

Obama's DOT had given its share to start the project. Christie took the money, then refused to dedicate any NJ state money for the project, effectively shutting it down. The project was no more than shovels in the dirt when everything came to a screeching halt. Christie then took the money and used it for NJ bridges, roads, etc., thus avoiding having to raise taxes or buy bonds to pay for the same thing.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)

5. Wow.

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 31, 2020, 09:44 PM

Dec 2020

I'm stunned. No wonder that dirt bag got along with cheato until recently.

murielm99

(31,448 posts)

6. That article certainly uses the most negative ways

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 02:36 AM

Jan 2021

to describe Mayor Pete. "Ex-small-city mayor and unsuccessful Democratic presidential candidate?"

Mayor Pete is much more than that. He is the smartest guy in the room - any room. I see a great future for Mayor Pete.

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