STATEWIDE — PRESIDENT TRUMP ON FRIDAY, Oct. 3, restored $187M in antiterrorism funding cuts to New York law enforcement and security after receiving bipartisan outrage, including from Brooklyn Congressmember Nicole Malliotakis, R-11, Gov. Kathy Hochul and State Attorney General Letitia James, who filed a lawsuit to reverse the cuts.

The Department of Homeland Security said it would restore the funding to the NYPD, FDNY, Port Authority, MTA and other New York state agencies that were earlier slashed. Trump had appeared to order the funding cuts in what opponents called political retribution against Democrat cities. He told Hochul that Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had ordered the cuts and notified law enforcement before telling him.

After the funding was restored, Hoc

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