President Donald Trump's potential freeze of federally funded programs alarms many on Long Island
The White House said direct payments to individuals would continue while it assesses grants to a wide range of organizations. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost
Long Island nonprofits, social service groups and other recipients of federal funds responded with alarm and confusion Tuesday to a Trump administration memo that sought to impose a freeze on targeted federally funded programs.
U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday halted the memo’s orders until Feb. 3, moments before it was to take effect at 5 p.m., to consider its complicated ramifications.
The memo issued Monday night by the Office of Management and Budget put a "temporary pause" on federal grants and loans to align spending with President Donald Trump’s priorities and to eliminate "Marxist equity, transgenderism and green new deal" policies.
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