NEW YORK’S HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING SLASHED 40%

NEW YORK’S HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING SLASHED
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ASSEMBLYMAN RAMOS:
 ONCE AGAIN, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS DENYING NEW YORK ITS FAIR SHARE


New York deserves better. Government’s most important role is protecting the lives of its citizens. Unfortunately, the Bush administration needs a map and some common sense. Its level of incompetence and disconnect is truly stunning. Assemblyman Ramos is calling on President Bush to provide New York with adequate funds to prevent and fight terrorism at home.



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"New York is one of the nation’s most conspicuous terroist targets, yet we have been shortchanged by the Bush Adminisration when it comes to funding. That’s not just ridiculous - it’s dangerous. I’m fighting for the resources New York needs to protect our families’ safety."
- Philip Ramos

Ramos criticizes cuts to New York’s antiterrorism efforts

President Bush constantly invokes 9/11, but when it comes to doing the things needed to make sure something like that doesn’t happen again, he fails miserably. To drastically cut homeland security funding to a city where terrorists slaughtered nearly 3,000 innocent Americans is unconscionable. It’s the same shortsightedness we’ve seen from this administration again and again - whether it’s the disasterous response to Hurricane Katrina or the Medicare prescription drug plan fiasco.

The Department of Homeland Security said New York City’s decrease in funding was because the area had no "national monuments or icons."


2006 Urban Areas Security Initiative Funding Allocations
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Louisville, Kentucky
70.4 percent increase over last year
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Charlotte, North Carolina
63.7 percent increase over last year
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Omaha, Nebraska
61.8 percent increase over last year
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Atlanta, Georgia
42.3 percent increase over last year
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
35.5 percent increase over last year
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New York City, New York
40.0 percent decrease over last year
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Buffalo, New York
48.5 percent decrease from last year


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Homeland Security Grant Program
1 Vermont $17.92
2 North Dakota $16.80
3 Wyoming $15.54
4 Alaska $13.23
8 Idaho $9.09
9 Montana $8.79
10 Nebraska $7.84
12 West Virginia $7.35
37 New York $2.93
Per capita share of non-urban area funding


Assemblyman Ramos Assemblyman
Philip Ramos

1010 Suffolk Avenue
Brentwood, NY 11717
Phone (631) 435-3214

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