MTA Sues Trump and Ivy League Defends Aid Policy: New York Brief

March 18, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC

Subway ridership is up, the Live Nation antitrust trial continues, and Blank Street takes on Starbucks, below:

New York Sues Trump for Subway Funding

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

The MTA sued the Trump administration to unpause federal funds tied to a $7 billion project that would extend the Second Avenue subway to Harlem, Michelle Kaske and Chris Dolmetsch report.

It’s the latest in a series of challenges from New York to the Trump administration over transit projects. (And the latest hold-up for the Second Avenue Subway, which partly opened in 2017 after a century of pricey stops and starts.)

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