The Hudson Tunnel Project -- which would connect New York City and New Jersey -- had already started. The project includes building nine miles of new passenger rail track and rehabilitating the North River Tunnel, according to the commission responsible for it.
"This lawsuit would be unnecessary if President Trump did the right thing for New York and New Jersey and lifted his arbitrary freeze," Schumer said in a statement released on Monday. "Gateway is the most important infrastructure project in the country, and tens of thousands of union workers depend on it moving forward."
Over the past year, Trump has added his name on the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. Institute for Peace. In December the U.S. Navy announced plans for "Trump Class" of battleships. And, on Thursday, Trump unveiled a new government website for prescription drugs called TrumpRx.
House Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty sued Trump in December in an effort to force the removal of his name from the Kennedy Center.