NEW YORK (AP) — Citing the 9/11 attacks and other threats, a U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked the federal government from diverting or withdrawing $34 million in funding to protect New York’s transportation system from terrorist attacks. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said the state of New York will “quite likely” be able to prove its claims that the money would be improperly diverted because the Trump administration wanted to punish New York for not cooperating with its massive deportation program. The city’s transit system isn’t the only agency facing cuts. It happened because of an acute fear of terrorism attacks,” Kaplan said. To be blunt, this is the difference between a city that prevents the next attack and a city left exposed to it,” she added.