Clinton and King Continue to Press Chertoff for a Reversal

of the Massive Cuts in New York’s Homeland Security Funding

Lindenhurst, NY - Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Representative Peter T. King (R-Seaford), Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy were joined by first responders at a press conference today to continue to press Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff to justify and remedy the massive cuts to homeland security funding for New York despite the fact that no state has been more affected by terrorism or is a greater target of a potential terrorist attack.

"Secretary Chertoff has a lot of explaining and remedying to do. We need answers as to how a funding program based on risk has resulted in the current deep cuts to New York, a state that has tragically been more affected by terrorism than any other and that is still the greatest target of terrorist attacks," said Senator Clinton. READ MORE >