LI scientists: Trump cuts to biomedical research funding would 'decimate science' in the U.S.
Bruce Stillman, president and CEO of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, said the funding cuts would "decimate science in the United States." Credit: Barry Sloan
A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from imposing cuts to medical research that experts said would hobble work on Long Island and across the country intended to help 9/11 survivors and people living with cancer, Alzheimer's and other diseases.
A two-page order by Judge Angel Kelley of the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts granted a request for a restraining order filed hours earlier by New York State Attorney General Letitia James and 21 other state attorneys general alleging the cuts violated Congressional appropriations law and asking that grant payments continue.
The order sets a Feb. 21 hearing.
Nicholas Spangler is a general assignment reporter and has worked at Newsday since 2010.
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