Court orders DHS to release $34M in anti-terrorism funds to New York MTA

Court orders DHS to release $34M in anti-terrorism funds to New York MTA

Governor Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a legal victory as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled tha

Judge orders $34M in counterterrorism funds for NYC subway be restored

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to release nearly $34 million in counterterrorism and transit security funding for New York City’s subway and regional rail systems that it had been withholding. In the ruling, the judge described the withholding of funds as “arbitrary, capricious and a blatant violation of the law,” issuing a permanent injunction that requires the government to release the money to the Metropolitan Tr…