{"id":19425,"date":"2019-07-12T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19425"},"modified":"2019-07-12T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T17:18:41","slug":"state-budget-gives-70k-to-gun-control-advocates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=19425","title":{"rendered":"State budget gives $70K to gun control advocates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buried in the state budget Aid to Localities<\/strong> bill A-2003<\/strong><\/a>\/S-1503D<\/strong><\/a> is grant money for gun control advocates.<\/p>\n

On Page 13 of the Staff Report on the SFY 2020 Adopted Budget<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Provides an additional $15.3 million in funding from the General Fund to support the following programming: … $70,000 for New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Inc.<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On a similar note, a privately funded charity which helps rich City residents throw their money away, “The New York Community Trust Grants $4.8 Million to Invest in a Fairer, More Equitable New York<\/a>“:<\/p>\n

“… The Trust is investing $160,000 in the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund<\/b><\/a> to train community members to work with public school students to reduce violence in high-crime neighborhoods …”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n