Trump Blocked from Pulling NYC Terrorism Funds by Federal Judge

New York state won a temporary order forcing the Trump administration to hold off redirecting $33.9 million in anti-terrorism security funds.

The funds were awarded under a post-9/11 program designed to help protect against chemical, biological, radiological and explosive threats, the state said in papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The funds are also intended to improve transit security and evacuation systems.

“Obviously New York is no stranger to the risk of terrorist attacks and it’s not just 9/11 that tells us that,” US District Judge Lewis Kaplan said in a hearing Wednesday, pointing to the day when “3,000 ...