"To be blunt, this is the difference between a city that prevents the next attack and a city left exposed to it. Counterterrorism funding cannot be a political issue. It cannot rise and fall based on partisan wins,"
"A Republican administration literally defunding the police is the height of hypocrisy - and walking away from the fight against terrorism in the number one terrorist target in America is utterly shocking,"
"significantly reduce its police presence and its counterterrorism activities."
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding nearly $34 million in MTA counterterrorism funds. The judge found that without the funds New York would be forced to significantly reduce its police presence and its counterterrorism activities. The judge noted the state likely could prove that the administration sought to punish it for not cooperating with its deportation program. The judge ruled that federal counterterrorism funds, created after the Sept. 11 attacks, can be distributed solely on the risk of terrorist activities. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch warned the cuts would be a devastating blow. A separate federal order blocked a $187 million cut to Homeland Security grants, which would have reduced funding by about 86 percent from prior allocations.
Read at New York City, NY Patch
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