It’s hard to believe, but in a few days, we’ll mark the 15th anniversary of the first attack on the World Trade Center. It was a cold day — Feb. 26, 1993. Six people died, and more than 1,000 were injured. Today, the Associated Press looks back and the changes to security prompted by [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Homeland Security’
August 25, 2007
Some in Trenton are clueless
When the state of New Jersey got word that it would be getting $6-plus million more this year from the feds in homeland security grants, some in Trenton absolutely lost their minds. I mean, they really lost their minds.
The feds finally got their heads back on straight by awarding the grants based on risk of [...]
August 24, 2007
Hudson gets 2M in federal homeland security cash
Hudson County will receive just a little more than $2 million in federal Department of Homeland Security grant money. And Gov. Jon S. Corzine is hardly pleased with the state’s award. We’ll have more in the Aug. 29 edition of The Observer.
July 26, 2007
Local pols call for additional security funding
Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez and Hillary Rodham-Clinton, announced they have introduced an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill to raise the funding to $40 million for the “Securing Our Cities” program, being conducted in the New York City metro area.
DHS had originally requested $40 million [...]
