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Kingston advisory group reviews multiple grants; sidewalk improvements move ahead with city budget backup
Summary
Committee heard updates on a congressional directed spending request for Flatbush and Foxhall, the state planning grant rounds, and CDBG-backed sidewalk projects; the city allocated engineering funds as a backup for a sidewalk improvement district after a planning grant application failed.
Ruth Ann, a committee member who prepared the grant update materials, told the Complete Streets Advisory Committee there have been no new awards since February but that the city’s congressional-directed request for Flatbush and Foxhall remains on a federal list at $1,000,000 pending the FY2025/2026 budget process.
Why it matters: the grants discussed would fund planning and implementation work for sidewalks and safety projects in Kingston; the committee reviewed which requests to resubmit and how federal and state funding uncertainty affects…
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