{"id":4282,"date":"2026-11-13T20:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theredwing.news\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2026-11-13T20:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T20:04:19","slug":"new-york-highway-funding-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theredwing.news\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/new-york-highway-funding-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court rejects New York highway funding freeze, AP reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation wrongly withheld nearly $74 million in highway funding from New York in a dispute over commercial driver\u2019s licenses issued to noncitizens, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/738429d9600c198cdac285c2d08ccc72\">The Associated Press reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dispute followed a federal audit of New York\u2019s licensing program. Federal officials sought the revocation of nearly 33,000 licenses and moved to withhold highway money after the state declined, according to AP.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the funding dispute began<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York challenged the funding decision in April in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/press-release\/2026\/attorney-general-james-and-governor-hochul-sue-restore-73-million-federal\">its announcement of the challenge<\/a>, the state attorney general\u2019s office said federal officials had targeted about $73.5 million in already approved funds and threatened additional annual withholding. The state argued that it had issued the licenses in compliance with the rules in effect at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York said the federal money supports road maintenance, safety improvements and infrastructure upgrades. The ruling addresses the federal withholding decision. 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