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Over $4 million earmarked for Small Cities funding in the Hudson Valley

Eleven communities in the Hudson Valley are beneficiaries of the state’s latest round of Small Cities funding to help create jobs, provide affordable housing and enhance public services.

Governor George Pataki came to the Northern Dutchess Village of Tivoli to announce the grants, which include $400,000 for the village.

“We’re going to return this street to what it looked like when it was originally built,” said Mayor Marcus Molinaro. “We’re committed to doing it right and doing it comprehensively.”

To the west, the Orange County City of Port Jervis received $400,000 for development of the Cedarwood Center for the Arts and other commercial and residential space, said Mayor Gary Lopriore. “They’re going to renovate the first, second and third floor into affordable apartments and create a few new businesses and employ some new people,” he said.

Other $400,000 grants were presented to the Delaware County Town of Masonville and the Village of Deposit; the Greene County government; the Village or Kiryas Joel in Orange County; the Village of New Square in Rockland County; the Village of Monticello in Sullivan County; and the Town of Wawarsing in Ulster County.

The Town of Ulster in Ulster County will receive $266,000 and the Town of Prattsville in Greene County will receive $252,000.