Overview

• Homeland Security and FEMA announced the state will receive full Homeland Security Grant Program funding after President Trump directed a reversal.
• Trump confirmed the decision in a Truth Social post, following direct appeals from Gov. Kathy Hochul and members of New York’s Republican delegation.
• New York officials had warned the cuts would slash NYPD counterterrorism support from about $90 million to roughly $10 million and remove $33.8 million from MTA transit security.
• A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the transit-security reduction of roughly $34 million, with litigation by New York and other states still underway.
• DHS previously defended reallocations as aligning grants with administration priorities and noted New York’s long-standing large UASI share, while critics called the changes political retaliation.