Terrorism Prevention Act
Creates the State Emergency Health Powers Act and specifies the state’s duties and powers to gather data and to ascertain and meet threats to the public health (i.e. bioterrorism). Promotes public safety and strengthens existing law by facilitating investigations and prosecutions of terrorism and other crimes through numerous procedural reforms (i.e. roving wiretaps) and enhances the ability to identify, prepare for and respond to terrorism by increasing penalties and extending additional protections to the public (i.e. offenses related to agricultural adulteration and cyber-terrorism). Border Security – We urge the federal government to continue to secure our nation’s borders. We recommend increasing federal law enforcement presence along the northern border or providing New York State with sufficient funds to use state resources to augment the limited personnel and resources U.S. Customs and Border Protection has allocated to the New York-Canadian Border. Moreover, our ports of entry for cargo should be secured by increasing foreign port scanning of cargo for nuclear and radiological threats, and searching cargo for other national security hazards once Customs and Border Protection completes its radiation scanning equipment deployments.
