Cities to Win Order Blocking Strings on Homeless, Transit Grants

A group of cities and counties including New York, Boston, and San Francisco will win a preliminary injunction order preventing the Trump administration from adding new conditions on federal grant funding for homelessness and transit projects, expanding an existing block.

Judge Barbara J. Rothstein of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington at a hearing Wednesday said she will grant the city’s injunction request, but did not provide an explanation. She said she will release a full written opinion in the next few days.

Rothstein had issued a temporary restraining order earlier this month prohibiting the administration ...