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Today — 13 December 2025Main stream

Transportation Dept. Threatens to Withhold Funds From N.Y. Over Noncitizen Licenses

13 December 2025 at 04:15
The Trump administration gave New York 30 days to pause issuing all non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses, among other demands, or risk losing $73 million in highway funds.

© Kent Nishimura for The New York Times

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said New York’s commercial driver’s license standards represented “a systematically grossly unacceptable deviation from federal safety regulations.”
Yesterday — 12 December 2025Main stream
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New York’s Environmental Agenda Stalls Under Kathy Hochul

11 December 2025 at 16:00
Faced with an affordability crisis and rising energy demands, Gov. Kathy Hochul has slowed progress on New York’s efforts to fight climate change.

© Cindy Schultz for The New York Times

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has embraced a pragmatic approach to high energy demand that some critics say has come at the cost of the state’s place at the forefront of the fight against climate change.

How to Fight Rising Utility Bills? Take Over the Company, Activists Say.

11 December 2025 at 07:22
A grass-roots coalition is trying to push New York State to use eminent domain to buy out Central Hudson Gas & Electric and replace it with a public authority.
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