WITH ANTISEMITIC AND ANTI-MUSLIM ATTACKS ON THE RISE, GILLIBRAND LEADS BIPARTISAN PUSH FOR FUNDING TO PROTECT SYNAGOGUES, MOSQUES, AND OTHER RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS

WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, led more than 40 Senate colleagues in a bipartisan letter requesting $750,000,000 for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) in the Fiscal Year 2027 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. NSGP funding provides the security needed to protect nonprofit organizations, particularly houses of worship and other faith-based organizations, with physical security enhancements and emergency preparedness training in order for these places to allow individuals to worship in religious sanctuaries without fear of attacks. This program is critical to addressing the increasin...