The NYPD will be getting a boost of federal funds to help combat terrorism, officials announced Wednesday.
The city will receive $180 million as part of a nationwide grant program from the Department of Homeland Security that aims to better prepare local and state governments and law enforcement agencies in the event of a terrorist attack.
The NYPD will be getting the lion’s share of the cash, which will go toward surveillance and terror fighting equipment like cameras, bomb sniffing dogs and communications infrastructure, according to DHS secretary Jeh Johnson.
Money will also be used to pay for things like overtime costs for police officers and anti-terror teams at airports, bus and train stations.
“Given how the terrorist threat to the world is evolving, how the potential terrorist threat to our nation is evolving, homeland security is becoming a matter of hometown security,” Johnson said.
“The Department of Homeland Security therefore must work with organizations like the New York City police department and other state and local law enforcement.”
In addition to the money allotted to the city, the rest of the state will divvy up almost $77 million.
The grants for the city and state are part of a $1.6 billion payout the DHS will make to cities and states around the country.
Earlier this year, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton lobbied lawmakers in Washington to continue funding the financially strapped DHS during a budget standoff in Congress back in February.
Bratton said at the time that the threat of a lone-wolf attack by terror groups like ISIS are at an all time high.
Three Brooklyn residents were arrested and charged with trying to aid and join ISIS back in February.
On Thursday, two more women from Queens were arrested after being accused of planning to construct bombs made of out propane gas tanks, authorities said.
