Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Friday that New York could lose $73 million in federal highway funds after a damning audit found more than half of the state’s immigrant commercial driver’s licenses were issued illegally. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blasted New York’s leadership, warning Governor Kathy Hochul to revoke the licenses or lose $73 million in highway funding.
Federal investigators found that New York’s DMV systems defaulted to issuing eight‑year CDLs even when immigration documents expired in months, creating what Duffy called a “dereliction of duty” that endangered families on America’s highways. “When more than half of the licenses reviewed were issued illegally, it isn’t just a mistake — it is a dereliction of duty by state leadership,” Duffy said during a briefing at the Department of Transportation on Friday.
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