Retaliation, plain and simple': Espaillat and Harlem leaders blast Trump's freeze on Second Avenue Subway funding | amNewYork

"Speaking inside the Second Avenue Subway Community Information Center on 125th Street, Espaillat stressed that the community has waited over 100 years for the project and vowed to keep pressing for federal support. We've got to continue the fight for the funding to be there, he said. And again, I think the main and most important thing is that the project that we've been waiting for for over 100 years continues to move forward."

"This second phase of work aims to extend the Q train service from 96th Street north to 125th Street, and then west on 125th Street to Park Avenue approximately 1.5 miles in total. MTA officials said there will be a direct connection with the existing 125 Street station on the Lexington Avenue subway line. Work will also include an entrance at Park Avenue to allow transfers to the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem-125 Street stop."

Representative Adriano Espaillat and Harlem leaders condemned the federal decision to withhold nearly $18 billion in transit funding, warning the freeze will cost jobs and delay subway access for East Harlem. The MTA board recently approved a tunneling contract to extend the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem, initiating Phase 2. The extension would run about 1.5 miles, extending Q service from 96th Street to 125th Street and west to Park Avenue, with a direct connection to the Lexington Avenue 125 Street station and a Park Avenue entrance for Metro-North transfers. The MTA is assessing the funding cut's impact while criticizing the federal rationale.

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