A.G. Underwood Leads Suit To Protect NY From Public Safety Funding Cuts, As Trump Administration See

A.G. Underwood's office press release ---------- New York Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a suit against the Trump administration to block its efforts to punish so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions by putting immigration-related conditions on federal law enforcement grants. In the suit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, a coalition of six Attorneys General led by Attorney General Underwood argue that the Trump administration’s conditions on the grants interfere with the right of states and localities to set their own law enforcement policies, and that the Department of Justice lacks the authority to impose these new conditions. To learn more click on the picture below to read the release.