Statement from Carlo A. Scissura on Passage of the $1 trillion National Infrastructure Bill

“This is a historic, transformational moment for the United States — one that was months and years in the making,” said Carlo A. Scissura, President and CEO of the New York Building Congress. “The last 19 months have been among the most challenging in American history. We have grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, political divisions, a long-overdue reckoning with racial injustice and the worst economic crisis in a decade. Looming over all of this was eroding infrastructure from bygone eras, as well as a profound need to invest in 21st Century measures such as broadband access, green energy and resiliency. Both the bipartisan infrastructure package and the Build Back Better plan are together a down payment on our future. At long last we will be able to fully realize the Gateway Program — undoubtedly the nation’s most important infrastructure project – and countless other essential developments across New York and the country. The New York Building Congress applauds President Biden, Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, the members of Congress and their staffs who got this done. Now the work can finally begin to build the projects of the future.”