Senator Schumer And Gillibrand Secure $1 Million for Mount Vernon To Construct A Multi Functional Emergency Operations Center

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SENATORS SCHUMER AND GILLIBRAND SECURE $1 MILLION FOR MOUNT VERNON TO CONSTRUCT MULTI FUNCTIONAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER

Funding Will Renovate Existing Fire Station to Serve as Emergency Operations Center in Mount Vernon

New Operations Center Will Enable Emergency Personnel to Respond to Multiple Disasters Quickly and Effectively

Schumer, Gillibrand Secured Federal Funds As Part Of The 2010 Appropriations Bill

U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand today announced that the full Senate Appropriations Committee has approved the Department of Homeland Security FY10 Appropriations Bill which includes $1 million for Mount Vernon to reconfigure, renovate and construct a Fire Station as the City's Emergency Operations Center. Approval by the Committee is the largest hurdled the funding needs to clear. The bill will now proceed to the Senate Floor as the next step in the appropriations process. Schumer and Gillibrand worked closely with members of the Appropriations Committee to include funding for the project in the 2010 spending bill.

http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/reco...?id=314799&

Does this give Mt. Vernon the ability to renovate the Fire HQ building?

[ems-buff 81]

Well given all the crap that's been going on in albany right now.. This may not happen for awhile.

[Raz 14]

A million dollars sounds like a lot, but in the grand scheme of things can turn out to be very little. While it's great to see the funding go to a department that really and truly needs it, can MV city hall cry poverty and not put up the rest of the needed money?

[20y2 43]

Well given all the crap that's been going on in albany right now.. This may not happen for awhile.

This is the US Senate, not the State Senate....

[hudson144 150]

Wow-great news,just like when the grants were announced for 4 generators for the firehouses and the mobile cascade unit for FDMV!

[Remember585 815]

How many more trailers will this buy for the FDMV guys?

It's good to see funding going somewhere it is needed.