As funding cuts to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programs proposed by the Trump administration for fiscal year 2026 loom over the Queens community, U.S. Rep. Grace Meng hosted a hearing at Queens College in Flushing to discuss the fate of STEM education in the borough.
Trump’s proposed “skinny budget,” announced on May 2, includes reductions in non-defense discretionary spending by $163 billion, or 23%, from the 2025 enacted level. Defense spending would increase by 13 percent, however, and appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security would increase by nearly 65%.
