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Sean Duffy: “We pulled $73 million [from New York].”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

Secretary Duffy: I want to work with these states, not be at war with them

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:00

I want to work with New York. I want them to follow the rules in New York. They completely rejected our offer to cooperate. And so that's step one. We pulled $73 million [from New York]. We pulled that today. And then looking forward, if they don't get into compliance, there's additional tranches of money we can pull. (03:00–03:02)

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Asserts that $73 million was withheld from New York by the Department of Transportation.

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