The White House is firing back against accusations that it is cutting homeland security funds to the city, saying that the city is actually getting an increase in federal money.

Yesterday, lawmakers announced that the Department of Homeland Security is giving the city $111 million for mass transit security – a 27 percent cut from last year’s funding of $153 million.

Port funding, they said, is also being cut by 25 percent, from $45 million to $34 million.

However, White House spokeswoman Moira Mack released a statement this morning saying those accusations are untrue and that the city will receive a net increase of $47 million allotted under the Bush administration.

“The reports are wrong. When all federal funding is totaled, NYC has received a net increase of $47 million for port and transit security over the previous year’s budget, the last signed into law by the Bush Administration,” said Mack. “Those who suggest otherwise are not counting the more than $100 million in port and transit security grants for NYC from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. With that money, the total for NYC will be $245 million, more than $47million than what was allotted by the Bush Administration in the previous year. In fact, one out of every three recovery dollars for transit and port security went to NYC, making them the largest recipient in the country.”

(Source: NY1)