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Kathy Hochul: “The Trump administration was forced to back down [on…”

Featuring: Kathy Hochul, Democratic | Governor of New York

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Governor Hochul Celebrates Groundbreaking for Construction Stage of Second Avenue Subway Phase 2

Published | Video Starts at 22:49

And then they tried to stop this very project, stop this project. And you know what? We had to go to court and a judge had to tell them that they're back on. And The Trump administration was forced to back down [on stopping this project]. So this was a win for East Harlem, it was a win for New York, and a win for all the men and women of labor who'll be building this project. (22:49–22:52)

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Asserts that the Trump administration was compelled to reverse its stance on halting the project.

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