Politics Schumer rejected Trump’s offer to unfreeze $16B for Gateway tunnel in exchange for renaming Penn Station and Dulles Airport after him

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) rejected an offer from President Trump last month to release $16 billion in federal funds for the Gateway tunnel project in exchange for backing the renaming of New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after him. 

Schumer reportedly told the president that he didn’t have the power to deliver on the unusual request, according to CNN. 

The Trump administration made the ask as part of continuing talks to release funds earmarked for the massive Hudson River rail tunnel project that would connect New York and New Jersey, a source with knowledge of the discussion told The Post.

Schumer huddled with Trump at the White House on Jan. 15 to discuss the Gateway tunnel project. It’s unclear if the president made the offer to the senator during that meeting.

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