Judges block federal government from cutting millions in funding for counterterrorism in N.Y.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Cuts in federal funding allocated to counterterrorism measures in New York have been temporarily halted by court orders.

The funding, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency through its Homeland Security Grant Program, goes toward law enforcement efforts ranging from intelligence operations to mass gathering security, to equipment purchases, as noted in a press release by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office.

Ultimately, Hochul blamed President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem for the approximately $187 million cut in funding.

“A Republican administration literally defunding the police is the height of hypocrisy — and walking away from the fight against terrorism in the number one terrorist target in America is utterly shocking,”