New York’s cyber security and counterterrorism experts are monitoring the situation in the Middle East around the clock, Gov. Kathy Hochul reiterated Thursday, saying the state was not facing any credible threats.
Despite that, the Democrat said the state is “exposed” and remains on high alert as the conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran stretches into another day.
“In the first five minutes that this attack was launched, we entered into a high security alert here in the state of New York,” said Hochul, who has been getting hourly updates on the situation.
“We are exposed, as we have been in the past,” Hochul cautioned. “So we take it very seriously. We’re working hand-in-hand with NYPD, they are some of the best in the world with dealing with these crises.”
As of her remarks Thursday, the governor reassured the state is not facing any credible threats.
The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a day after the measure was blocked in the GOP-led Senate.
While the tally in the House, 212-219, was expected to be tight, the outcome provided a clarifying snapshot of political support for, and opposition to, the U.S.-Israel military operation and Trump’s rationale for bypassing Congress, which alone has the power to declare war.
The U.S. and Israel continued to hit Iran with airstrikes for a fourth day, with the U.S. shutting its embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Beirut amid drone attacks from Iran. The Trump administration says in the coming days to expect a significant increase in intensity of strikes inside Iran. Meanwhile, a New Jersey couple remains stuck in Israel during the strikes, seeking shelter in a hotel bomb shelter. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst and Chris Glorioso report.