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Posted on 04/16/2026 1:31:26 PM PDT by Libloather
The Trump administration is yanking $74 million in federal highway grants from the Empire State for refusing to comply with the feds’ demand that it boot immigrant truck drivers with expired work authorizations off the roads, The Post has learned.
The US Department of Transportation warned Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Department of Motor Vehicles, in a bombshell letter on Thursday, that continued non-compliance could lead Washington to withhold another $147 million in highway funding grants.
“I promised the American people I would hold any state leader accountable for failing to keep them safe from unvetted, unqualified foreign drivers. I’m delivering on that promise today by refusing to fund Governor Hochul’s dangerous, anti-American policies,” US Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy told The Post in a statement.
“My message to New York’s far left leadership is clear: families must be prioritized on American roads.”
The letter, obtained by The Post, asserts the New York DMV “refuses” to comply with the DOT’s previous demands that it assess thousands of commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, and remove those belonging to non-residents with expired work authorizations.
A small audit of the DMV by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last year found that of the approximately 32,000 New York CDLs held by non-residents, half had expiration dates expanding often years beyond when their work papers had lapsed.
“New York’s continued refusal to fix these failures undermines that mission, and we will not allow federal dollars to support a system that falls short of the law,” FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs said.
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NYS Roads are so bad you need a tank and now they will further deteriorate because they have been siphoning highway funds to support illegals.
Definitely voted for this.
Sustained WINNING! I LIKE IT!
Yup. Let’s keep the consequences and repercussions coming.
Good!! Take it all away.
I’d lose my appetite if I looked at her so she’s the kind of face I scroll away
I soooooo voted for this.
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And here comes another left wing nutjob judge to try and piss all over it.
These foreign drivers should be limited to driving the children of Democrat politicians, and the politicians themselves.
As sure as the sun rises in the east.
The Trump administration is yanking $74 million in federal highway grants from the Empire State for refusing to comply with the feds’ demand that it boot immigrant truck drivers with expired work authorizations off the roads, The Post has learned”
Trump has yet to figure out that funding just can’t be yanked.
There are legal limits governing the withholding or withdrawal of Federal money both in the form of legislative disbursements and grants. If this goes to court Trump will very likely lose because if he is yanking all those grants the action is likely too broad. The action must not be such that it becomes coercive. More information explaining this can be found here
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R44797.html#_Toc478130444
Speaking of failure to vet, here are the academic qualifications for the corporate shill Trump today nominated for Chief Medical Officer at the CDC:
Bowling Green State University
BA, Health and Physical Education
1986 – 1990
A name would be handy. Or does the nominee go by “Mr. Corporate Shill”?
According to the news Trump nominated Dr. Jennifer Shuford to be the CMO of CDC. The information you posted must be about someone else. Those do not line up with her background.
Ah, sorry, those stellar credentials belong to the newly nominated deputy CDC director and COO (per his LinkedIn page):
“Also on Thursday, Trump said he chose Sean Slovenski as deputy CDC director and chief operating officer, and Jennifer Shuford as deputy CDC director and chief medical officer.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/16/trump-nominates-erica-schwartz-as-cdc-director.html
Suffolk and Nassau counties on Long Island are stopping trucks left and right. They’re going all day. I haven’t seen the two state truck inspection sites on the LIE open lately though.
Thanks for the correction.
73 million is a good start!
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