DHS cuts New York funds as President Obama visits
(POLITICO.com) - President Barack Obama travels to lower Manhattan on Thursday afternoon to thank the NYPD for its heroic thwarting of an attempted Times Square bombing — but the photo op may not go according to plan.
The Department of Homeland Security told congressional officials Wednesday that it's moving to make cuts in planned anti-terror funding to New York City, less than two weeks after cops helped thwart and attempted car bombing in Times Square — an effort the White House has since pinned on the Pakistani Taliban.
The cuts, lawmakers were told, amount to about 25 percent for port security, and another 27 percent for transit security, according to several reports.
But the White House Thursday morning pushed back strongly and insisted the reports were based on misinformation and were "wrong," adding that the net funding to New York will actually increase this year over last year.
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The Department of Homeland Security told congressional officials Wednesday that it's moving to make cuts in planned anti-terror funding to New York City, less than two weeks after cops helped thwart and attempted car bombing in Times Square — an effort the White House has since pinned on the Pakistani Taliban.
The cuts, lawmakers were told, amount to about 25 percent for port security, and another 27 percent for transit security, according to several reports.
But the White House Thursday morning pushed back strongly and insisted the reports were based on misinformation and were "wrong," adding that the net funding to New York will actually increase this year over last year.
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