Nov 13 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday invalidated the Trump administration decision in April to withhold $73.5 million in highway funding from New York over the state’s decision not to revoke some commercial driver licenses.
The US Transportation Department cited an audit that found New York had been routinely issuing commercial driver licenses to foreign drivers illegally in withholding the funding. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said USDOT’s decision went beyond its legal authority and “runs afoul of fair notice principles, departs from the regulatory text, and underestimates the complexity of its supposedly ‘common sense’ requirement.”
(Reporting by David Shepardson)
