{"id":2520627,"date":"2025-12-12T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-threatens-to-target-73-million-in-new-york-funding-over-cdls\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:33:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:33:27","slug":"duffy-threatens-to-target-73-million-in-new-york-funding-over-cdls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/duffy-threatens-to-target-73-million-in-new-york-funding-over-cdls\/","title":{"rendered":"Duffy threatens to target $73 million in New York funding over CDLs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fduffy-threatens-to-target-73-million-in-new-york-funding-over-cdls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2520627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the federal government will withhold $73 million in highway funding from New York unless the state complies with commercial driverS license (CDL) regulations within 30 days. This action follows a federal audit revealing that New York allowed individuals with work permits to obtain CDLs, which they could continue to use even after their permits expired, violating federal law. The audit found that 53% of sampled CDLs were issued illegally. The Department of Transportation demands that New York immediately revoke these improperly issued licenses. Similar enforcement actions have been taken against California, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania. The Trump administration has stepped up scrutiny of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >foreign-born truck drivers<\/a>, including removing thousands from the road over English language test failures, amid concerns about safety. New york&#8217;s DMV disputes the findings, asserting that all licenses are issued following federal regulations and that they verify applicants&#8217; lawful status.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Duffy set to yank $73 million in funding unless New York meets deadline on CDL requirements<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2421507\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Transportation Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\">Sean Duffy<\/a> announced on Friday that the government will withhold millions in federal funding to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a> unless it complies with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tx-official-give-ballots-to-people-who-show-noncitizen-ids\/\" title=\"TX Official: Give Ballots To People Who Show Noncitizen IDs\">commercial driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s license regulations, signaling the government&rsquo;s intention to intensify scrutiny of foreign-born truckers.<\/p>\n<p>Duffy gave the state 30 days to comply or else lose access to $73 million in highway funding during <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1999507252739252495\">a press conference<\/a> in Washington, D.C. The development comes after a federal audit concluded New York has allowed people who enter the United States on work permits to &ldquo;illegally&rdquo; obtain CDLs they could use even after their work permits expire, Duffy said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3915184\/alleged-january-6-pipe-bomber-detention-hearing-delayed-brian-cole-jr\/\">Alleged Jan. 6 pipe bomber&#8217;s detention hearing delayed until end of month<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3914623\/dhs-homeland-security-task-force-new-york-transnational-criminals\/\">DHS launches task force in New York targeting transnational criminals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3913927\/suspect-kentucky-state-university-shooting-parent-student\/\">Suspected gunman in Kentucky State University shooting ID&#8217;d as parent of student<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;What New York does is if an applicant comes in and they have a work authorization &mdash; for 30 days, 60 days, one year &mdash; New York [Department of Motor Vehicles] automatically issues them an eight<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-one-foreign-national-with-new-york-cdl-kills-man-in-tennessee-crash-could-not-read-english\/\" title=\"Another One: Foreign National With New ... ... Kills Man in Tennessee Crash, Could Not Read English\">-year commercial driver&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s license,&rdquo; Duffy said.<\/p>\n<p>The Transportation Department wants Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) to &ldquo;immediately revoke&rdquo; the &ldquo;illegally issued&rdquo; CDLs, following the agency&rsquo;s similar threats to a stream of other states over the matter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>California <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3883856\/sean-duffy-revokes-illegally-issued-licenses-california\/\">agreed to revoke<\/a> 17,000 licenses after the government pledged to pull <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3865082\/sean-duffy-pull-federal-funds-california-commercial-drivers-license-illegal-immigrants\/\">$160 million<\/a> in funding. The administration has likewise challenged <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3903826\/sean-duffy-threatens-minnesota-cdl-program-weak-compliance\/\">Minnesota<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3894803\/sean-duffy-threatens-75-million-funding-pennsylvania-illegal-commercial-drivers-licenses\/\">Pennsylvania <\/a>over how they grant CDLs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In New York, the DMV&rsquo;s systems default to issuing 8-year CDL licenses to foreign drivers, regardless of when their legal statuses expire, according to Duffy&rsquo;s office.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said its nationwide audit found that &#8203;&#8203;out of 200 sampled records of CDLs granted by New York, 107 were issued in violation of federal law. The data indicated 53% of CDLs were granted illegally, according to Duffy, an outcome the Trump administration <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transportation.gov\/briefing-room\/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-uncovers-latest-bombshell-over-50-nys\">blamed on <\/a>Hochul&rsquo;s team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we uncovered in New York is not an administrative oversight,&rdquo; FMCSA Administrator Derek Barrs said at the press conference. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a systematically, grossly unacceptable deviation from a federal safety regulation that has been on the books for a long period of time.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New York has shifted the burden of blame back to Washington, while promising to review the Transportation Department&rsquo;s concerns, &ldquo;and respond accordingly.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here is the truth: Commercial Drivers Licenses are regulated by the Federal Government, and New York State DMV has, and will continue to, comply with federal rules,&rdquo; New York State Department of Motor Vehicles spokesman Walter McClure said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ny.gov\/news\/statement-from-nys-dmv-regarding-us-dot-non-domiciled-cdl-audit\">in a statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Every CDL we issue is subject to verification of an applicant&rsquo;s lawful status through federally-issued documents reviewed in accordance with federal regulations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3890516\/duffy-challenge-court-ruling-blocking-new-regulations-noncitizens-obtaining-commerical-drivers-licenses\/\"><strong>DUFFY VOWS TO CHALLENGE COURT RULING BLOCKING NEW REGULATIONS ON NON-CITIZENS OBTAINING CDLS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has intensified scrutiny of foreign-born truck drivers this year after several deadly crashes caused by immigrant truckers put the matter in the national spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Duffy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3913480\/trump-administration-9500-non-english-speaking-truck-drivers-off-road\/\">revealed the government<\/a> has removed 9,500 foreign-born truck drivers from the road because they didn&rsquo;t pass an English test.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duffy to withhold $73M unless NY meets CDL rules<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2520628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Duffy.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[68728,68729,45442,68727,40528],"class_list":["post-2520627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-73-million","tag-cdl-legislation","tag-duffy","tag-new-york-funding","tag-political-threat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Duffy.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2520627"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520631,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520627\/revisions\/2520631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2520627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2520627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2520627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}