Gov. Hochul blasted Homeland Security honcho Kristi Noem and the Trump administration Thursday for denying $34 million in security funding to the MTA and NYPD last week over New York City’s immigration laws — as a federal judge indicated he would soon rule on the legality of the denial.

“They are defunding the police — full stop,” Hochul told reporters Friday, speaking in front of a bank of security camera feeds in the situation room of MTA’s Manhattan headquarters. “In a stark moment of hypocrisy, the federal government is literally threatening our ability to keep [transit] operations safe,” Hochul said.

“This is a person who swore an oath — as we all did — to protect Americans, and is truly abandoning that.” the governor said of Trump’s controversial Homeland Security secretary.

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