ALBANY, N.Y. -- Included within President Barak Obama's budget propoal are plans to cut the Coast Guard's special team in Kings Bay.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday he will fight a federal budget proposal to transfer elite Coast Guard teams from four cities, including one stationed at New York Harbor since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The New York senator said that besides consolidating the New York team with one based in Boston, the Obama administration's plan would eliminate the special teams from San Francisco, New Orleans, Anchorage and Kings Bay, Ga., as part of national consolidations. He called the cost-cutting proposal unwise and unsafe.
The U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Safety and Security Team in New York includes 90 specially trained personnel who have patrolled the harbor and surrounding waterways since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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