{"id":95089,"date":"2018-06-11T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T17:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95089"},"modified":"2018-06-11T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T15:11:32","slug":"house-passes-project-safe-neighborhoods-grant-program-authorization-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=95089","title":{"rendered":"House Passes Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_79326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79326\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79326\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT-643x900.jpg 643w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT-400x560.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/CT-HEADSHOT.jpg 2030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Claudia Tenney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>House Passes Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) announced the passage of H.R. 3249, Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act. This bill permits the attorney general to authorize a block grant program called the \u201cProject Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program\u201d for the purpose of combating violent gang crimes. It would facilitate partnerships between federal, state and local agencies, including the United States Attorney in each federal judicial district.<\/p>\n<p>Establishing local control of these grants ensures local law enforcement has the ability to allocate funds to regional task forces to address the unique needs of areas with increases in criminal activity caused by gangs, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent gang activity committed by groups like MS-13 are on the rise in New York state,\u201d Tenney said. \u201cThis important legislation will ensure local law enforcement officers have the resources needed to prevent and combat these heinous activities. Regional Task Forces are critical in the fight against gang violence, and this grant program will help steer federal funding toward New York\u2019s five task forces that pursue violent gangs and bring their members to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Passes Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-22) announced the passage of H.R. 3249, Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act. This bill permits the attorney general to authorize a block grant program called the \u201cProject Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program\u201d for the purpose of combating violent gang crimes. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}