NY Wins Order Against US Funding Freeze in Congestion Fight

[ad_1] New York won a court order temporarily barring the Trump administration from withholding federal approvals or funds for the state’s transportation projects, as the president tries to end Manhattan’s congestion pricing program.  The administration has threatened to hold back the funds and permissions unless New York stops charging tolls to drive into the borough’s…

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Harvard Cracks Down on Pro-Palestine Group After Funding Threat

[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — Harvard University took disciplinary action against a pro-Palestinian student group for violating campus rules a day after the Trump administration threatened to scrap as much as $9 billion in federal funding for the school over its handling of antisemitism.  The university placed the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee on probation through June…

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Transportation Secretary Slams NYC Subway, Pressures MTA

[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy intensified the Trump administration’s criticism of New York City’s subway system on Saturday, accusing Governor Kathy Hochul of neglecting safety and homelessness issues in the transit system. “If you want people to take the train, make it safe, make it clean, make it beautiful, make it wonderful,”…

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Education Cuts Include Staff Managing English Learning Program

[ad_1] (Bloomberg) — The US Department of Education’s sweeping cuts Tuesday included staff that oversee schools’ efforts to help millions of students learn English. Employees from the Office of English Language Acquisition, or OELA, are being eliminated as part of the Education Department’s reduction in force this week, according to the American Federation of Government…

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