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Joint subcommittee outlines public safety budget priorities, flags firefighter grant concern
Summary
Co-chairs of the joint budget subcommittee listed priorities including subway and commuter hub security, community violence intervention programs, gun violence prevention, parental representation and alternatives to incarceration; a member cautioned volunteer firefighter grants may disadvantage poorer communities if applicants must pay upfront.
State legislators on the joint budget subcommittee on public protection presented a multiyear list of budget priorities that they said they will pursue in conference with the executive branch, covering security, violence prevention and support for legal services.
State Senator Zellnor Myrie, co-chair of the subcommittee, read the agencies under review and a set of priorities that the subcommittee said it will seek funding for: "enhancing security in the subways and the commuter hubs,…
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