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Senator: NYC to get security funding
By wcax.com
Published: 01/22/2010

NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer says the Department of Homeland Security has approved funding for a program to protect New York City against a "dirty bomb" or nuclear attack.

Schumer says the New York Police Department will receive $18.5 million out of a possible $20 million made available nationwide.

The program, called Securing the Cities, includes a ring of sensors.

Devices at highways, toll plazas, bridges, tunnels and waterways can detect radioactive and nuclear material before it enters the city.

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