Cuomo Calls Trusted Traveler Ban on New Yorkers ‘Political Extortion’

Jul.24 — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to ban New Yorkers from programs that allow pre-screened travelers to speed through airport passport and customs checks. “It was a clear abuse of government power for political purposes,” Cuomo said at a new conference in Albany on Friday.