Obama Considers NYPD Too Good To Get Federal Funds

This is the backwards logic applied by Democrats in Washington. If there is a problem, throw money at it. If you are doing something right, ignore it. Over the last 15 years, the NYPD has turned New York City from one of the most dangerous to one of the safest cities in the world, while also creating its own counter-terrorism force that the Department of Homeland Security would be wise to study. They've been forced to keep taxes higher than fiscal conservatives Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg would like in order to keep their budget under control. Rather than rewarding their good work by giving them COPS funds, letting them free up budget space for use elsewhere and/or tax cuts, the Obama administration said no because of "insufficient crime and budgetary problems." Here is Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Ray Kelly:

"The decision to deny New York City funding from the COPS grant program is disappointing, to put it mildly. To punish our police department because they have driven down crime with fewer resources shows the backwards incentive system that is sometimes at work in Washington. Denying that funding because New Yorkers have already dug into their pockets to maintain our City’s sound fiscal stewardship and pay for our exceptional policing doesn’t make sense. Lastly, the attacks on New York City were attacks on the nation and we should be receiving strong federal support for the NYPD to fight terrorism in the nation’s largest city."

"After two successful terrorist attacks at the heart of the nation’s financial center, there should be substantial and continuing federal support for the NYPD in its counterterrorism and conventional crime fighting missions. We shouldn’t be penalized for succeeding on both counts, and mainly on our own dime, over the last seven and a half years."

Source: http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0709/more_cop_problems_2227b9cc-106a-46e3-a6cc-45a39f965d6d.html