NYU placed an immediate hold on hiring and will lower salary increases for faculty and staff in response to the Trump administration’s threats to withdraw federal funding from research institutions and universities, President Linda Mills told faculty, administrators and staff on Monday. The joint-letter from Mills, Provost Georgina Dopico and Executive Vice President Martin Dorph stipulated that administrators have identified “a number of financial risk areas,” including federal threats to slash research spending, heightened tariffs and “a range of other proposals” that could influence the university’s budget for the 2025-26 academic year. An NYU spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the specific risks or long-term…