Schumer: NYPD shouldnt protect First Family if Trump wont pay up

[riversedge]

http://nypost.com/2017/04/29/schumer-nypd-shouldnt-protect-first-family-if-trump-wont-pay-up/


Schumer: NYPD shouldn’t protect First Family if Trump won’t pay up

By Mary Kay Linge

April 29, 2017 | 5:57pm



Chuck Schumer; Barron and Melania Trump Getty Images

The Trump administration should pony up for the First Family’s security costs, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says — or else the NYPD should stop protecting wife Melania and son Barron.

“[Mayor Bill de Blasio] ought to tell the Congress if we don’t pay for it, New York City cops aren’t guarding it,” the New York City Democrat told BuzzFeed News. “Let the feds put more people in.”.........................

[Historic NY]

1. They aren't his palace guard, where's the SS?

[dchill]

2. Schutzstaffel?

[rug]

3. It's not just trump's family that gets NYPD protection.

It's the 238 multi-million dollar apartments as well.

Let them pay themselves.

[Princess Turandot]

10. But the other building occupants did not demand that special protection...

My guess is that they also don't want it. Having to now pass through special checkpoints just to get home or to work - there are also businesses/retailers in the building - likely got old really quickly. (And if Trump starts spending any time there again, it will get much worse.) He's the one who ought to be paying for it, at a minimum.

[smirkymonkey]

4. Hear, hear!

They can pay their own goddamned way. Especially since there is no reason why they should still be in NYC. They can find a decent school for Barron in DC.

[QC]

5. Can you imagine the shrieking if Michelle Obama

had expected taxpayers to fork out six figures a day so that she could stay in Chicago?

There would have been an insurrection.

[riversedge]

7. Lot of famlies have to relocate and kids have to find and adjust to new schools.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Haven't you heard...

his family members (Ivanka and Jared) are so civic minded that they aren't even taking paid salaries. It seems the least we can do for their selfless efforts for our democracy is to pay for their safety.

[Demsrule86]

8. Schumer playing hardball...I love it!

[Demsrule86]

9. He needs to pay for his trips to his Florida 'palace' and let the secret service stay for free.

If he doesn't want to do that...two words...Camp David.

[KewlKat]

11. Why don't they enforce H.R.1244 (94th) Presidential Protection Assistance Act, Oct. 17, 1976

Wouldn't this solve all this wasteful spending?


https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/94/hr1244/text

An Act -
To establish procedures and regulations for certain protective services provided by the United States Secret Service.

Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled That this Act may be cited as the "Presidential Protection Assistance Act of 1976".

Protection Assistance Act


SEC. 3. (a) Each protectee may designate one non-governmental
property to be fully secured by the Secret Service on a permanent
governmental basis.

(b) A protectee may thereafter designate a different non-Govern
mental property in lieu of the non-Governmental property previously
designated under subsection (a) (hereinafter in this Act referred to
as the "previously designated property&quot as the one non-Governmen-
tal property to be fully secured by the Secret Service on a permanent
basis under subsection (a). Thereafter, any expenditures by the Secret
Service to maintain a permanent guard detail or for permanent facili-
ties, equipment, and services to secure the non-Governmental property
previou'ly designated under subsection (a) shall be subject to the
limitations imposed under section 4.

(c) For the purposes of this section, where two or more protectees
share the same domicile, such protectees shall be deemed a single
protectee.

SEC. 4. Expenditures by the Secret Service for maintaining a per-
manent guard detail and for permanent facilities, equipment, and
services to secure any non-Governmental property in addition to the
one non-Governmental property designated by each protectee under
subsection 3(a) or 3(b) may not exceed a cumulative total of $10,000
at each such additional non-Governmental property, unless expendi-
tures in excess of that amount are specifically approved by resolutions
adopted by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate, respectively.

SEC. 5. (a) All improvements and other items acquired by the
Federal Government and used for the purpose of securing any non-
Governmental property in the performance of the duties of the Secret
Service shall be the property of the United States.