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NYC Wants More Fed Money For Detecting Dirty Bombs

With recent unraveling of a suspected terrorist plot in NYC, Mayor Bloomberg and other officials took to the opportunity to demand more federal money to deter nuclear attacks. Bloomberg said, "These events are a disturbing reminder that we can't - and I can tell you we won't - be complacent when it comes to protecting our city against terrorism," adding, "Despite the incredible job the NYPD is doing, our city does remain a prime target for terrorists."

NYC Has Low Crime, So Feds Cut Funding To NYPD

New York - which had applied for upward of 800 cops under the program but had expected to receive money for about 200 - has neither, so it's being passed over."

A NY Times survey shows City Council members, if they were to vote today, oppose the congestion pricing plan 2-1. Which means it's not just Albany legislators that Mayor Bloomberg has to politick to get his congestion pricing plan passed.

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