The $1.9 trillion American Plan passed earlier this month includes over $70 million in local government funding for Ulster County.
According to a release from Senator Chuck Schumer’s office, the funds can be used for the following purposes:
- Costs associated with responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency or its negative economic impacts, including but not limited to, assistance to households, small businesses, and nonprofits or aid to impacted industries such as tourism, travel, and hospitality.
- To support workers performing essential work during the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing premium pay to eligible workers or by providing grants to eligible employers that have eligible workers who perform essential work.
- To cover revenue losses caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
- To make necessary investments in water, sewer, or broadband infrastructure.
Here is a breakdown of how much each municipality will receive:
- Ulster County $34.44 million
- City of Kingston: $18.66 million
- Denning: $60,000
- Esopus: $960,000
- Gardiner: $610,000
- Hardenburgh: $30,000
- Hurley: $660,000
- Town of Kingston: $100,000
- Lloyd: $1.15 million
- Marbletown: $600,000
- Marlborough: $940,000
- New Paltz: $1.54 million
- Olive: $470,000
- Plattekill: $1.12 million
- Rochester: $790,000
- Rosendale: $630,000
- Saugerties: $2.09 million
- Shandaken: $320,000
- Shawangunk: $1.52 million
- Ulster: $1.38 million
- Wawarsing: $1.38 million
- Woodstock: $630,000
Elected officials will be discussing how to go about allocating these funds to local priorities in the coming weeks and months. Stay tuned to Hudson Valley One for coverage of those decisions as they are made.
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