{"id":1056334,"date":"2025-10-01T16:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056334"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T20:36:10","slug":"jack-ciattarelli-silent-as-trump-administration-halts-gateway-tunnel-project-harming-new-jersey-commuters-and-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/jack-ciattarelli-silent-as-trump-administration-halts-gateway-tunnel-project-harming-new-jersey-commuters-and-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Ciattarelli Silent as Trump Administration Halts Gateway Tunnel Project, Harming New Jersey Commuters and Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack Ciattarelli is once again staying silent as Donald Trump throws the Gateway tunnel project into chaos, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/russvought\/status\/1973388530215735570\">threatening<\/a> to halt a project that improves services for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2025\/04\/new-trans-hudson-rail-tunnel-other-infrastructure-upgrades-estimated-450-billion-economic-benefits\/\">over 200,000<\/a> daily commuters, will generate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlightnews.org\/2025\/04\/new-trans-hudson-rail-tunnel-other-infrastructure-upgrades-estimated-450-billion-economic-benefits\/\">over $200 billion<\/a> in value for the region, and creates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/biden-harris-administration-announces-progress-hudson-river-tunnel-project\">72,000 local jobs<\/a>. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/10\/01\/trump-to-withhold-billions-of-dollars-from-gateway-tunnel-and-second-ave-subway-projects-00589772\">delayed<\/a> the Gateway tunnel project during his first term, too \u2014 and Jack was just as silent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump is threatening to stop this project and harm New Jersey workers because he refuses to extend health care credits that would stop premiums from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/affordable-care-act\/aca-marketplace-premium-payments-would-more-than-double-on-average-next-year-if-enhanced-premium-tax-credits-expire\/\">doubling<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/affordable-care-act\/state-indicator\/average-monthly-advance-premium-tax-credit-aptc\/?currentTimeframe=0&amp;sortModel=%7B%22colId%22:%22Location%22,%22sort%22:%22asc%22%7D\">over 450,000<\/a> New Jersey families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Jack Ciattarelli continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/real-estate-donations-to-ciattarelli-place-rising-rents-at-center-of-nj-governors-race\">take money from billionaire landlords<\/a> and makes clear that <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikieSherrill\/status\/1973175199739813970\">his administration doesn\u2019t want to raise taxes on millionaires<\/a>, while simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikieSherrill\/status\/1973175199739813970\">opening the door<\/a> to raising taxes on everyday New Jerseyans, Mikie Sherrill is fighting to lower costs and stand up for New Jersey workers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Jerseyans deserve someone who is fighting to make their lives easier and more affordable \u2014 and that champion is Mikie Sherrill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Spokesperson Albert Fujii released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJack Ciattarelli doesn\u2019t care that Donald Trump is once again throwing the Gateway Tunnel project and New Jersey economy into chaos, further highlighting how little Jack thinks of hard-working New Jerseyans who actually commute and work for a living. While Donald Trump and Jack Ciattarelli spend their time fighting on behalf of billionaires who have likely never stepped foot on a bus or train, the DNC is all-in to ensure New Jerseyans elect a leader who is fighting to make their lives easier and more affordable: Mikie Sherrill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Ciattarelli is once again staying silent as Donald Trump throws the Gateway tunnel project into chaos, threatening to halt a project that improves services for over 200,000 daily commuters, will generate over $200 billion in value for the region, and creates 72,000 local jobs. 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