The Department of Homeland Security informed New York lawmakers of a 27 percent cut in federal grants for mass transit security and a 25 percent cut in port security grants, the New York Post reported Thursday, May 13.
New York mass transit federal funds will drop from $153 million last year to $111 this year while port security funds drop from $45 million to $33.8 million, officials said.
New York received more than $100 million in security grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , ABC News reported. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told ABC News that New York has received a net increase of $47 million for port and transit security over the previous year’s budget.
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