White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday that the Biden administration will be “charting our own path” in response to a question about whether New York City, Portland and Seattle will lose their federal “anarchist jurisdiction” labels.
Psaki did not directly say whether the designation bestowed upon the Big Apple by the Trump administration’s Justice Department and White House budget office would remain — but hinted it would not.
“We are in a new administration and of course are reviewing a range of policies and charting our own path. But I don’t think I’m going to have any comment on policies from a year ago from the prior administration,” Psaki said at a press briefing in response to a question from The Post.
The Trump administration designation put the three cities at a disadvantage in federal grant decision-making because they allegedly tolerated rising violent crime or allowed long-running violent protests following the death of George Floyd.
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