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The Trump administration is reinstating $187 million in counterterrorism funding grants to New York following outcry from the NYPD and a direct appeal from Gov. Kathy Hochul.
A Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson confirmed Friday that the White House was reversing the cuts to funds supporting bomb squads, patrols around sensitive targets like houses of worship, intelligence analysts and tech like radiation detectors to monitor for explosives.
The Trump administration will restore $187 million in cuts it had made to law enforcement funding, which would have devastated New York’s intelligence and counterterrorism operations, following a bipartisan push to reinstate the funds.
(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement:
"New York remains the nation’s top terror target, and cutting this funding was never acceptable. I spoke with President Trump on Wednesday, and within 48 hours this critical funding was fully restored, supporting the NYPD’s counterterrorism initiatives including intelligence gathering, bomb squad operations, surveillance cameras, officer training, and specialized equipment.
The White House will reverse the Department of Homeland Security’s cut of $187 million in counterterrorism funding for New York’s law enforcement, Gov. Kathy Hochul confirmed Friday.
Hochul hailed the reversal as 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.”
“From the moment these devastating cuts were announced, I made it clear that New York would not stand by while our law enforcement and counterterrorism operations were defunded,” Hochul said in a statement.
(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement:
(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement:
A local small business contacted our office about six months of payments from a third-party food-delivery app that were not received. We reached out to the service platform, and they initiated an investigation which discovered the merchant’s email was likely phished by an unauthorized third party who changed the bank account on file, causing some payouts to be sent to the wrong place.
The app restored the restaurant’s account and reimbursed the small business over $16,000, helping them recover nearly all impacted payments.
(NEW YORK, NY) – Today, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) strongly opposed Turkey’s lobbying effort to rejoin the F-35 Fighter Jet Program, citing risks to U.S. national security and the safety of our allies.
