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Trump administration reversing counterterrorism funding cuts to New |
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By Kaitlan Collins, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN |
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2:22 PM EDT, Fri October 3, 2025 |
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Source: CNN |
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The Trump administration is reversing cuts to counterterrorism funding |
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for New York after the intervened, a person familiar with what happened |
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told CNN. |
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“I am pleased to advise that I reversed the cuts made to Homeland |
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Security and Counterterrorism for New York City and State. It was my |
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Honor to do so,” President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post |
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on Friday. |
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Trump was only informed about the counterterrorism cuts to New York, |
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which have been met with strong pushback from state leaders, in recent |
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days and exploded in anger, ordering them to be reversed, the person |
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said. |
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“While FEMA’s initial allocation fully met program requirements, |
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after consultation with federal partners and in recognition of our |
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critical security partnership with New York, FEMA is providing access |
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to $136 million, bringing the State Homeland Security funding to $187 |
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million to ensure it has the resources needed to counter and combat |
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evolving threats,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland |
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Security said on Friday. |
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New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul celebrated the news on X and |
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credited Trump with the reversal, writing: “From the moment tried to |
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defund our police and counterterrorism programs, we stood up and fought |
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back. I’m glad that heard our call to reverse these cuts.” |
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“That means $187 million for the NYPD, FDNY & first responders across |
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the state that keep New Yorkers safe,” she said. |
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In a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, |
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Hochul had warned that cutting 86% of homeland security funding from |
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the state “serves only to make not just New York but all of America |
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more vulnerable to terrorist attacks.” |
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A district judge on Wednesday expressed similar concerns, citing 9/11 |
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attacks and other threats, as they blocked the federal government from |
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diverting or withdrawing $34 million in funding to protect New York’s |
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transportation system from terrorist attacks, . |
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The striking reversal comes as the Trump administration has threatened |
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New York and other blue states with consequences if the government |
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shutdown persists, although cuts to counterterrorism funding predated |
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the shutdown. |
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Russell Vought, the White House’s budget chief, said on Wednesday |
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that the administration was pausing funding for two major New York City |
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construction projects while the government is shut down. |
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Vought added that construction on the Hudson Tunnel Project and the |
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Second Avenue Subway are specifically being targeted. |
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This story has been updated with additional details. |
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