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 percent, 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 percent.
