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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday criticized the Trump administration for withholding $34 million in transit security funding for New York City’s subway and regional rail systems. According to a press release , the Metropolitan Transportation Authority had been slated to receive the funds through the federal Transit Security Grant Program, established after 9/11 to support critical counterterrorism and transit security operations. But the agency was notified last week that it would be the only one among 21 applicants nationwide to be denied funding.

Administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the grants fund critical efforts to protect mass transit systems from security threats. The MTA serves a significant share of the nation’

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