{"id":277791,"date":"2025-10-04T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277791\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:53:11","slug":"trump-restores-187m-in-ny-counterterrorism-funds-after-demands-from-hochul-state-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/277791\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump restores $187M in NY counterterrorism funds after demands from Hochul, state GOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"xzolv\">President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has reversed $187 million in cuts to counterterrorism and security funding for police departments and programs in New York state.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"345ns\">The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Friday it was restoring \u201cfull funding\u201d of New York\u2019s grants under a program established after 9\/11 to bolster efforts to thwart terrorism attacks and security threats throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"efeb4\">The announcement came after <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/trump-restores-187m-in-ny-counterterrorism-funds-following-gov-hochul-demand\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a week of pushback from Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lawler.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4856\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">members of the state\u2019s Republican House delegation<\/a>, who argued the funding cut would put New Yorkers at risk of attack.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5vj6t\">The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is part of DHS and administers the Homeland Security Grant Program, announced its reversal in a statement Friday, which said it would be restoring full funding of the state\u2019s share to ensure it can combat security threats.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"752c0\">Trump himself took credit for the reversal in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eapo5\">\u201cI am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism for New York City and State,\u201d he posted. \u201cIt was my Honor to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1pcfd\">Hochul publicly raised alarm about the cuts on Monday, when she sent a letter to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem noting they would amount to a 86% drop in the state\u2019s share of the counterterrorism funding despite New York City remaining a major target for terrorists.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"brldk\">Hochul, a Democrat, and Trump, a Republican, spoke about the cuts by phone on Sunday, and Trump had not been aware of them before, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/10\/03\/nyregion\/trump-new-york-counterterrorism-funds.html\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">according to The New York Times<\/a>, which first reported the federal reversal Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"b5t1s\">At the same time, the state\u2019s House GOP delegation worked behind the scenes to convince Trump to reverse course. Both Hochul and the Republican lawmakers rushed to take credit for the reversal.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6o4tk\">Hochul said Friday she was glad \u201cPresident Trump heard our call and reversed course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7khrf\">\u201cBecause of our efforts, $187 million in critical funding will be restored \u2014 a victory for public safety and for every New Yorker who depends on our brave law enforcement and first responders to keep our state secure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2r558\">Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from Staten Island, said Trump \u201cunderstands the grave threats facing our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9pgur\">\u201cI spoke with President Trump on Wednesday, and within 48 hours this critical funding was fully restored, supporting the NYPD\u2019s counterterrorism initiatives,\u201d Malliotakis tweeted Friday.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eiim4\">In a statement earlier in the week, DHS defended its decision to change up the funding allocation, arguing that New York City had received 30% of the program\u2019s funding since its establishment and that the changes would make the system \u201cmore effective and accountable, moving away from the fraud, waste and abuse of the past.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bij4j\">The cuts drew a lawsuit from 10 states and Washington D.C. earlier this week, which led a federal judge in Rhode Island to issue a temporary restraining order blocking DHS from distributing the funding under the new formula for the time being.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"bsh9l\">During an unrelated press conference Friday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the Trump administration\u2019s decision to restore the funding is \u201ca recognition that New York remains the number terrorist target in the world and that the NYPD plays a central role in protecting this city from those threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"2has4\">The MTA and the Trump administration, meanwhile, remain at odds over $33 million in security funding for the city\u2019s public-transit system, which the state has accused DHS of withholding.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"ckkau\">That funding remains subject to an ongoing lawsuit from state Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"1jc9f\">This story has been updated with additional information and comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has reversed $187 million in cuts to counterterrorism and security funding for police departments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":277792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-277791","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-newyork","12":"tag-newyorkcity","13":"tag-ny","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115317414585996312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}