STATEWIDE — ALMOST $19 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING will be awarded to New York City for counterterrorism and emergency preparedness efforts, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday in a press release.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency provided this funding through its fiscal year 2025 Homeland Security Grant program and its Emergency Management Performance Grant, supporting regional homeland security preparedness efforts, such as planning, organization, equipment, training and exercise activities to improve community prevention, protection, response and recovery capabilities.
New York State is awarded $140 million, with $18,916,918 going to the city. FEMA’s Homeland Security Grant program is composed of three separate risk-based grants aimed at assisting state, local and tribal efforts in preventing, preparing for, protecting against and responding to acts of terrorism.
One of these programs, the Urban Area Security Initiative, covers jurisdictions in the New York City metropolitan area under an eponymous grant. The region will use this money to sustain and enhance their critical anti-terrorism programs.
NYC will also receive $2,757,064 as part of a $6.6 million Emergency Management Performance Grant to support planning and operational readiness for disaster response, such as staffing and training, constructions of emergency operations centers and maintenance of interoperable communications systems.
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