In Reply to: What are gov't employees being told? posted by mh on October 01, 2025 at 11:49:11
For months, the Trump administration has vowed to claw back federal funding to states and cities that it views as hostile to its immigration and anti-diversity priorities.
In New York, that pledge has apparently been carried out with gusto.
State officials recently learned that New York would lose $100 million from the Department of Homeland Security for counterterrorism programs. The cut comes on top of an earlier funding reduction, announced in August, of $87 million.
New York, along with 10 other states and the District of Columbia, sued on Monday to block the Homeland Security cuts. And on Tuesday, a federal judge in Rhode Island granted the states a temporary reprieve, essentially freezing the funds while the case plays out in court.
If the cuts are carried out in New York, they would reduce the federal contribution to the counterterrorism programs to just $30 million — an 86 percent reduction from what the state received under the Biden administration.
“A Republican administration literally defunding the police is the height of hypocrisy — and walking away from the fight against terrorism in the No. 1 terrorist target in America is utterly shocking,” Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said in a statement on Tuesday.