http://www.nypost.com:80/seven/01082007/news/regionalnews/chuck _terror_threat__more_funds___or_else_regionalnews _ikimulisa_livingston_and_geoff_earle.htm CHUCK 'TERROR' THREAT: MORE FUNDS - OR ELSE By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON and GEOFF EARLE January 8, 2007 -- Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday blasted the latest formula for allocating anti-terror funds to high-risk cities, and told the Department of Homeland Security that if it doesn't revise the process, the new Senate and House will. "DHS has a history of delusion," said Schumer (D-N.Y.). "Once again, [they are] shortchanging our city, the nation's No. 1 terrorist target." After being criticized for giving money to popcorn factories and petting zoos instead of high-profile sites like the Brooklyn Bridge, Homeland Security changed its formula for allocating funding. Yet, Schumer said, it still stiffs New Yorkers. For 2007, a pool of $746 million will be distributed to areas considered to be at risk. Fifty-five percent will to go the six most at-risk urban areas, including New York City. "The pot is so small that New York would have to crowd out every other metropolitan area to get a reasonable share," Schumer said. "If Secretary [Michael] Chertoff is unwilling to overhaul the current system so that the funding formula is really based on risk, in this new Senate and this new House, we will push legislation to require him to do so." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
