Schumer: Congress set to restore NYC’s slashed anti-terror funds
Averts cuts to FDNY & NYPD training, disaster drills, intelligence
U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer said on Thursday that Congress is set to restore millions of dollars slashed from important anti-terror funds for New York City.
Earlier this year, the White House’s 2017 budget proposal included only $330 million for the Department of Homeland Security’s Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), which helps cities nationwide to prevent, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism. UASI was funded for $600 million in 2016.
The cuts would have removed roughly $90 million from NYC’s $180 million terror budget, according to official sources.
Schumer, who long advocated for UASI funding for New York City, had vowed to fight “tooth and nail” in Congress to restore the cuts, which he called “a mistake” made by bureaucrats.