Via The Hill:
New York City’s House delegation is amplifying its calls for Congress to reimburse the full cost of protecting Donald Trump, whose decision to run his post-election operations from Trump Tower has saddled the Big Apple with millions of dollars in extra security costs.
Congress approved $7 million to help the city defray those costs as part of this month’s short-term funding bill, but it’s a fraction of the estimated $35 million the New York Police Department (NYPD) needs to protect the president-elect between Election Day and his inauguration Jan. 20.
Eleven Democratic lawmakers and one Republican argue in a letter to leaders of both chambers that it’s simply unfair for New York taxpayers to cover the difference.