Derek Barrs

Rule Changes

In office; agency's determination was vacated

New York issues commercial driver's licenses to drivers who live outside the United States for up to five years, and renews them for eight. In April 2026, the Transportation Department withheld $73,502,543 — 4% of the state's federal highway money — saying an audit found 53% of 200 sampled license records stayed valid past the driver's immigration paperwork. On November 13, a three-judge panel of the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals set that penalty aside.

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