US EditionJudge blocks Trump cuts, restores $34 million in anti-terror funds for New York City transit system
Judge rules withholding $34 million in transit security funds due to sanctuary policies violates law; funds protect New York’s transit system from terrorism, court says.
- A federal judge permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in anti-terrorism funding for New York City's transit system.
- The judge ruled that the funding decision based on New York's sanctuary city policies was 'arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.'
- New York officials praised the ruling as 'a victory for every New Yorker who rides our subways, buses, and commuter rails.
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Judge restores $34M NYC transit security funds cut over sanctuary city policy
A federal judge has permanently blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in funding earmarked to protect New Yorks transit system from terrorist attacks.Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said in a ruling Thursday that the Republican administrations decision, based on the Big Apples sanctuary city protections for immigrants in the United States illegally, was arbitrary, capricious, and a blatant violation of the law.The post-9/11 …
Washington, Oct 16 (EFE).- A federal judge from the United States ordered Thursday to stop the order of President Donald Trump to block funds for the anti-terrorist subsidy of the New York transit system. Federal judge Lewis Kaplan stopped the president’s decision to stop the $34 million in anti-terrorist funds for New York. The judge’s decision was substantiated by saying that Trump violated the Administrative Procedure Act by withholding funds…
Judge Orders Homeland Security to Restore $34 Million in Security Funding to NYC
A federal judge has permanently blocked the the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from withholding around $34 million in funding to New York City’s transportation system that is meant to prevent terrorist attacks. In a ruling issued on Oct. 16, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan argued that the Trump administration’s decision to withhold the funding because of the city’s status as a “sanctuary jurisdiction,” which blocks city cooperation with …
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