""Obviously New York is no stranger to the risk of terrorist attacks and it's not just 9/11 that tells us that," US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said in a hearing Wednesday, pointing to the day when "3,000 people died within sight of this courthouse." New York is suing to restore the money, which was earmarked by the US for mass transit security."
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency "is focused on aligning its grant programs with the Trump Administration's priorities to streamline federal resources and reduce the burden on the American taxpayer," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. "Our goal is to ensure communities remain secure while making the system more effective and accountable, moving away from the fraud, waste, and abuse of the past.""
"Kaplan said the state will "quite likely" prove that "the reason the money was cut off was a determination on the part of this administration that New York should be punished for not cooperating with its wishes with regard to what it calls the largest mass-deportation program in history.""
New York obtained a temporary court order blocking the Trump administration from redirecting $33.9 million in anti-terrorism funds. The funds originate from a post-9/11 program aimed at protecting against chemical, biological, radiological and explosive threats and improving transit security and evacuation systems. The funding stop followed disputes over New York's immigration enforcement policies, which the administration says conflict with federal priorities. Judge Lewis Kaplan emphasized allocation should be based solely on terrorism risk and indicated the state will likely show the cut was punitive. FEMA defended aligning grants with administration priorities while New York says funds were reallocated at fiscal year end.
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