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Webber supports expanding security funding to stop hate crimes

PARSIPPANY — Assemblyman Jay Webber expressed today his support for expanding funding and easing restrictions on grants given to nonprofits that are at a high-risk of hate crimes or terrorist attacks, such as synagogues, churches, mosques, and community centers.

“A primary responsibility of government is protecting its citizens,” stated Webber (R-Morris).  “In the wake of the horrific anti-Semitic hate crime in Pittsburgh and because of the disturbing increase in anti-Semitic acts of violence in America that responsibility is becoming a more urgent priority every day.”

In 2017, anti-Semitic crimes rose by 32 percent in New Jersey according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The Assembly will vote today on a bill that would increase security grants for nonprofits to $50,000, which can be used to purchase target-hardening equipment such as bullet proof windows and doors.  The grants, which Assemblyman Webber supported last year, are currently capped at $10,000 and can only be used for personnel.

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Frank L. Cahill
Frank L. Cahill
Publisher of Parsippany Focus since 1989 and Morris Focus since 2019, both covering a wide range of events. Mr. Cahill serves as the Executive Board Member of the Parsippany Area Chamber of Commerce, President of Kiwanis Club of Tri-Town and Chairman of Parsippany-Troy Hills Economic Development Advisory Board.
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