President Trump is said to be exploring ways for the federal government to take control of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan, an idea that has drawn sharp criticism from Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“Just months after slashing funding for the World Trade Center Health Program that cares for survivors and first responders, President Trump now wants to take over the 9/11 Memorial Museum,” Hochul said in a statement Friday.

Earlier this year, the Trump administration announced it would lay off most of the staff at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which oversees the health program — a decision reversed days later following bipartisan outrage.

Around 137,000 first responders and survivors rely on the WTC Health Program to get treatment and medicati

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