Grant allows for rehire of NY firefighters

By Joseph Kellard
Long Beach Patch

LONG BEACH, N.Y. — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer announced at a press conference Saturday that the Long Beach Fire Department received a federal grant to rehire five firefighters who were laid off due to city budget cuts earlier this year.

The LBFD will receive $910,530 from the Department of Homeland Security’s SAFER Program that will pay the salaries of the rehired firefighters for two years. After that time the city can apply to renew the grant.

“We all know, more than probably any other place, the Long Beach Fire Department and the city of Long Beach and the community of Long Beach are totally intertwined,” Schumer said at the press conference, held at LBFD headquarters at City Hall.

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