"New York has been hit with a slew of federal funding cuts and clawbacks in the past month: $18 billion in infrastructure funding for the Hudson tunnel and Second Avenue subway, $34 million in counterterrorism dollars for the MTA and half a billion in clean energy grants. (Another $187 million was initially revoked but later restored.) That's not to mention the $80 million in FEMA funding that the Trump administration quietly took from the city's bank account in February."
"The RECOURSE Act (which is short for "Reciprocal Enforcement of Claims On Unpaid or Reduced State Entitlements"), sponsored by state Sen. Jessica Ramos and Assembly Member Micah Lasher, would enable New York to withhold an equal amount of funds to the federal government if federal payments are withheld from the state in violation of a court decision. Equivalent bills have been proposed in the Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin legislatures; Lasher said he stays in touch with the representatives shepherding the idea in their respective states."
New York experienced multiple federal funding cuts recently, including $18 billion for the Hudson tunnel and Second Avenue subway, $34 million for MTA counterterrorism, half a billion in clean energy grants, and $80 million in FEMA funds taken in February; $187 million was revoked then later restored. Negotiations, pressure campaigns, and lawsuits have been the state's primary responses. The RECOURSE Act would allow New York to withhold an equivalent amount of funds to the federal government when federal payments are withheld in violation of a court decision. Similar proposals exist in several other states, and sponsors describe the measure as an unconventional enforcement tool.
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