WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio met with President Obama’s top homeland security adviser on Tuesday to discuss terror threats and the government’s response to Ebola.
Lisa Monaco, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism spoke with de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton, the White House said in a statement.
The meeting focused on ways to strengthen federal, state and local coordination of terrorism issues, potential threats associated with the Islamic State, the Khorasan Group and other overseas groups, as well as measures to protect against threats from homegrown violent extremists, the White House said.
On Ebola, the officials discussed new screening measures being implemented at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport, as well as efforts to prepare hospitals and health care workers in New York City and elsewhere to treat Ebola patients.
De Blasio was also making visits on Tuesday with Jeh Johnson, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and FBI Director James Comey.
