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Article: SEN. SCHUMER: UPSTATE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENTS SECOND HARDEST HIT BY BUDGET PROPOSAL WHICH UNDERFUNDS FIRE GRANT PROGRAM BY $707 MILLION
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 8, 2006
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The office of Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., issued the following press release:
New York fire departments could lose out on $31 million for equipment, training, and vehicles under a new federal budget proposal, Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced today. Sen. Schumer unveiled his plan to restore full funding for Assistance to Firefighters Grant program (also known as FIRE grants) that has provided fire departments throughout New York $102 million since it began in 2001 but is now slated for severe cuts.
"New York's firefighters risk their lives every day to keep our communities safe and sound," Schumer said. "We must do everything we can to give them the tools they need to protect us and ...