No, they announced that they are starting this project back in June 2023 [0], though it is good to see Cornell suing the administration for the second time, first was back in February.
And as an alum, who also had relatives up at syracuse, i appreciate the snark from syracuse.com [1] calling Cornell a 'central NY college' heh
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/g-s1-59090/trump-officials-ha... ("Trump officials halt $1 billion in funding for Cornell, $790 million for Northwestern")