New Jersey and New York could both pay less to fund construction of the proposed $16 billion Gateway Hudson River rail tunnels thanks to a ranking that qualifies the project for funds from the Biden administration’s infrastructure law. The tunnel project is ranked just below two other projects that are backlogged on the Northeast Corridor rail line between Boston and Washington D.C. in an inventory released by the Federal Railroad Administration this week. Two projects tied for first are replacement of the Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in Kearny that started this fall, and replacemen…