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In a cost-cutting measure, the Obama administration wants to consolidate New York's Maritime Safety and Security Team with one that patrols Boston Harbor.

It would mean moving the New York team to Massachusetts. It also proposes eliminating the special squads in four other waterfront cities nationwide, leaving seven Maritime Safety and Security Teams in cities such as L.A., Miami and Houston.

During a press conference Sunday, Senator Chuck Schumer called the proposal a foolish idea.

"Certainly the Obama administration has the right to seek and consolidate resources where it is warranted. But to move this unit that deals with terrorism from New York to Boston makes no sense whatsoever," Schumer said. "If they're going to consolidate, they should consolidate in New York, since we, of course, are a much greater terror threat than Boston."

The units have patrolled the harbor and surrounding waterways since the September 11th attacks.

Schumer says if the Obama administration doesn't abandon the cost-cutting proposal, he will block it. He says the unit costs between $1 million and $3 million a year to operate.

Meanwhile, in a statement, the Coast Guard insists the mission of the unit remains unchanged and that resources will continue to focus on the nation's highest regional threats.

Schumer believes the Coast Guard can best do that in this region with a New York City-based unit.