New York, NY – Security Funds For Nonprofit’s Not Yet On The Way

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    New York, NY – The Department of Homeland Security says it is preparing but still hasn’t solicited $25 million in anti-terrorist funding for New York City nonprofit organizations.
    The announcement follows a press conference during which Reps. Anthony Weiner and Carolyn Maloney urged the department to finally make the funds available months after Congress appropriated them.
    “We urge you to make sure that there are no further delays, and that the grants are distributed — on the basis of threat — to the places that need it most,” the legislators said in a letter addressed to the homeland security secretary, Michael Chertoff.

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    The money will go toward helping New York’s cultural, health, and religious institutions fund anti-terrorist initiatives, such as the installment of cameras and barriers in museums and synagogues.

    The FBI has found that operatives have been sending videos and photographs of targets in New York, including synagogues and Jewish community centers, Mr. Weiner and Ms. Maloney, who is also a Democrat of New York, said. The FBI is also said to have been in contact with Jewish community leaders.
    “All Homeland Security has to do is let us have the funds which have been allocated by Congress,” a rabbi from the Park East Synagogue, Arthur Schneier, said. “They have to allocate the funds to give us a sense of security. Prevention is better than a cure.”


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