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Feds threaten NY with $70M cut over CDL errors

New York could lose more than $70 million in highway aid after federal officials found the state issued dozens of commercial driver’s licenses without proper verification, according to News10.

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The U.S. Department of Transportation flagged a 53% error rate in how the DMV granted CDLs to non-citizens with temporary legal status. Officials say 107 licenses violated federal law and warned the state to revoke them and conduct a 30-day internal review—or risk losing funding.

New York DMV disputes the findings and calls the threat a political stunt.