It's Your Own Damn Fault, NYC!
Oh, come on. How stupid do they think we are?
In a report that outlines why it cut back New York City's share of antiterrorism funds by roughly 40 percent, the Department of Homeland Security was so critical of some highly viewed local measures - like Operation Atlas, in which hundreds of extra police officers carry out counterterrorism duties around the city each day - that the Police Department and other city agencies must now seek further federal approval before drawing on the money they were given to pay for those programs.
Federal officials said yesterday that the city had not only done a poor job of articulating its needs in its application, but had also mishandled the application itself, failing to file it electronically as required, instead faxing its request to Washington.
City and state officials insisted that they had made no mistakes. And a state official provided a written acknowledgment from the federal government saying that the city's application for grant money had been "successfully submitted" and said that the city could "log in" any time to view the application.
So am I to understand that the Department of Homeland Security really expects us to believe they're slashing NYC's anti-terrorism funds because the city FAXED the paperwork instead of EMAILING IT?!?
Gimme a fucking break.
In a report that outlines why it cut back New York City's share of antiterrorism funds by roughly 40 percent, the Department of Homeland Security was so critical of some highly viewed local measures - like Operation Atlas, in which hundreds of extra police officers carry out counterterrorism duties around the city each day - that the Police Department and other city agencies must now seek further federal approval before drawing on the money they were given to pay for those programs.
Federal officials said yesterday that the city had not only done a poor job of articulating its needs in its application, but had also mishandled the application itself, failing to file it electronically as required, instead faxing its request to Washington.
City and state officials insisted that they had made no mistakes. And a state official provided a written acknowledgment from the federal government saying that the city's application for grant money had been "successfully submitted" and said that the city could "log in" any time to view the application.
So am I to understand that the Department of Homeland Security really expects us to believe they're slashing NYC's anti-terrorism funds because the city FAXED the paperwork instead of EMAILING IT?!?
Gimme a fucking break.