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Fire department seeks FEMA grant; council asks law to weigh ICE cooperation language against local executive order
Summary
Jersey City Fire Department asked council to accept a $939,000 FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant; council members raised concerns about grant clauses referencing cooperation with ICE and asked the law department whether the mayor’s executive order (sanctuary policy) would supersede such clauses.
Deputy Chief Lauren Hart presented a request to accept a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant for $939,000 with a required 10% local match to fund equipment and training. Hart stressed the department’s longstanding reliance on federal grants for apparatus and personal protective equipment and described the award as critical for needed SCBAs and…
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