ALBANY – The Trump administration is reinstating $187 million in counterterrorism funding grants to New York following outcry from the NYPD and a direct appeal from Gov. Kathy Hochul.

A Federal Emergency Management Agency spokesperson confirmed that the White House was reversing the cuts to funds supporting bomb squads, patrols around sensitive targets like houses of worship, intelligence analysts and tech like radiation detectors to monitor for explosives.

A judge had temporarily blocked FEMA , which administers the grant program, from disbursing the cash earlier this week, after being sued by New York and 11 over Democratic-leaning states that saw reductions that they argued were illegally politically motivated. 5

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“We are grateful for the partnership of the state of New Yor

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