Origin: Hochul and Mamdani Demand Federal Funds
At a Midtown press conference, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani demanded the Department of Homeland Security release $87 million in counterterrorism funds they say New York is owed. They warned the holdback endangers public safety as the 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches.
They pointed to a pledge President Donald Trump made 11 months ago to restore cuts to New York’s homeland security grants. Trump said last year he had reversed a drop from $287 million to $30 million, but Hochul said the state is still $87 million short. She delivered the appeal flanked by law enforcement and cast the delay as defunding police and firefighters.
The federal government pushed back. DHS, through FEMA, said New York has not spent previously allocated funds and accused the governor of manufacturing a crisis. The dispute leaves $87 million that New York says belongs to its counterterror and emergency response programs still undisbursed.
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