New Yorkers, Travel Industry Slam Trump’s Global-Entry Halt

  • State ‘the pinata’ for conservative policy fans, Cuomo says
  • Experts warn of longer lines on return from foreign trips
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The Trump administration’s blocking of time-saving international travel programs for New Yorkers has the governor seething and the travel industry warning of slowdowns, looser security and other airport troubles.

“This is unbounded arrogance, disrespect of the rule of law, hyper-political government -- and this is another form of extortion,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, said during an interview on WAMC Northeast Public Radio.