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Adriano Espaillat: “Madam Chair, let me just stress again the importance of these initiatives and the ability for municipalities to be able…”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
Madam Chair, let me just stress again the importance of these initiatives and the ability for municipalities to be able to determine where to spend the funding, and they get a fair share of funding to install bollards and other strategies that could prevent terrorist attacks.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat emphasizes local control over funding for safety measures to prevent terrorist attacks.

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