NY Gives Rockland Agencies Highway Safety Grants

Nanuet NY

25 February, 2021

1:40 PM

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NANUET, NY — The Clarkstown and Ramapo police departments are among the local recipients of federal highway safety grants awarded to agencies across New York for projects addressing overall highway safety, child passenger safety and police traffic services. The state is distributing more than $37 million to help reduce deaths and serious injuries due to crashes to more than 500 programs in local, state and nonprofit agencies. "This funding is critical to the localities and community organizations that help ensure our roads are safe for everyone who use them," state Assemblyman William Magnarelli, chair of the Transportation Committee, said in an announcement. Local programs receiving grants include: Clarkstown Police Department: Police Traffic Service $19,250Rockland Community Outreach Center: Child Passenger Safety Program $6,350.00Rockland Community Outreach Center: Always be Careful $38,520.00Haverstraw Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $10,230.00Orangetown Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $14,000.00Piermont Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $7,400.00Ramapo Town Police Department: Pedestrian Enforcement and Education $13,060.00Ramapo Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $30,765.00Rockland County Department of Health: Pedestrian & Bicycling Safety & Driver Awareness in Rockland $46,625.00Rockland County Sheriff's Office: Child Passenger Safety Program $2,900.00Rockland County Sheriff's Office: Police Traffic Service $10,450.00South Nyack-Grand View Village Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,300.00South Nyack-Grand View Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $6,400.00Spring Valley Village Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,950.00Spring Valley Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $15,312.00Stony Point Town Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,000.00Stony Point Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $10,925.00Suffern Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $9,500.00