First County Legislative District Cashes In
Municipalities share a piece of almost $900,000 awarded in federal funds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2007

Contact: George Oros
Tel: (914) 995-2828
Oros@westchesterlegislators.com

Legislator George Oros (R-C/Cortlandt) is pleased to announce that nearly $900,000 was awarded to communities within his district from the federal Community Development Block Grant program. The funds are allocated and awarded by Westchester County and the Board of Legislators.

Oros said “thanks to a team effort” his district will receive 24% of the funding distributed among the 17 county districts. The First District includes part of Cortlandt, Peekskill, Buchanan and northern Yorktown.

“Once more our district outranks the others in securing these funds,” said Oros.

“This funding will help the municipalities I represent complete projects that directly benefit residents,” Oros stated. “The efforts of Peekskill Mayor John Testa, Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi, Buchanan Mayor Dan O’Neill and Yorktown Supervisor Linda Cooper in fostering a smooth working relationship make it much easier to secure these funds; they deserve a note of thanks.”

The projects approved for CBDG funds include:

Peekskill:	$203,050 for infrastructure improvements on Bank, Main and Park streets; $200,000 for infrastructure improvements on Division Street.
Cortlandt:	$145,000 for phase II of the Broadway streetscape sidewalk project in Verplanck.
Buchanan:	$200,000 for sidewalks on Westchester Avenue
Yorktown:	$150,000 for the streetscape project in Jefferson Valley.