Work suspended on $16 billion New York City tunnel project

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Worked was suspended on Friday on the $16 billion New York City Hudson Tunnel Project because President Donald Trump's administration has refused to lift a four-month-old freeze on federal funding, the Gateway Development Commission said.

Democrats on Friday condemned Trump's demand that Washington Dulles Airport and New York's Penn Station be renamed for him in exchange for unfreezing billions of dollars for the project. On Friday, a U.S. judge will hold a hearing on the emergency request by New York and New Jersey to force the restoration of funding. Gateway said the suspension will idle 1,000 construction workers.