By Reuters, The New York Times; February 27, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation supports the rehabilitation of a century-old New York City-area rail tunnel that was damaged in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy flooded parts of the city, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao told lawmakers on Thursday.
The Trump administration and Democrats in Congress have been at odds over whether the federal government should largely fund a series of improvements to the key northeast rail corridor, which runs from Washington, D.C., through New York to Boston and carries more than 800,000 passengers a day, on both Amtrak and commuter trains.