NY Gives Mid-Hudson $500,000+ In Highway Safety Grants

MID-HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Dutchess, Ulster and Orange counties are among the recipients of federal highway safety grants awarded to programs 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:

Dutchess County

• Beacon City Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $1,750.00
• Beacon City Police Department, Police Traffic Service,$8,925.00
• Dutchess County Dept of Behavioral & Comm Health, Watch Out For Me! Pedestrian Safety Education Program, $43,085.00
• Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, Police Traffic Service, $10,500.00
• Dutchess County Traffic Safety Board, Child Passenger Safety Program, $14,500.00
• Dutchess County Traffic Safety Board, Injury & Crash Prevention Program for Emerging Issues, $62,323.00
• East Fishkill Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $9,100.00
• Health Quest Systems, Inc., Vassar Brothers Medical Center Drowsy Driving Initiative, $2,335.00
• Hyde Park Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $6,650.00
• Poughkeepsie City Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $1,650.00
• Poughkeepsie Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $17,825.00

Orange County

• Blooming Grove Town Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $900.00
• Blooming Grove Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $4,225.00
• Chester Town Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $2,900.00
• Chester Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $8,880.00
• Cornwall on Hudson Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $2,668.00
• Cornwall Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $6,848.00
• Crawford Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $8,025.00
• Greenwood Lake Village Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $450.00
• Greenwood Lake Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $4,144.00
• Harriman Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $4,620.00
• Middletown City Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $5,100.00
• Middletown City Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $13,440.00
• Monroe Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $5,328.00
• Montgomery Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $5,175.00
• Montgomery Village Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program,$475.00
• Montgomery Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $3,120.00
• New Windsor Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $14,918.00
• Newburgh City Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $14,535.00
• Newburgh Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $10,370.00
• County Dept of Emergency Services, Child Passenger Safety Program, $5,100.00
• Orange County Dept of Emergency Services, Orange County Traffic Safety Program, $65,870.00
• Orange County Sheriff's Office, Police Traffic Service, $12,000.00
• Orange Regional Medical Center, Child Passenger Safety Program, $3,500.00
• Port Jervis City Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $2,500.00
• Port Jervis City Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $16,200.00
• Tuxedo Town Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $1,300.00
• Tuxedo Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $6,480.00
• Walden Village Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $850.00
• Walden Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $4,125.00
• Wallkill Town Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $2,800.00
• Wallkill Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $9,600.00
• Warwick Town Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $2,250.00
• Washingtonville Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $4,480.00
• Woodbury Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $10,010.00

Ulster County

• Marlborough Town Police Department, Police Traffic Service, $6,000.00
• New Paltz Town & Village Police Department, Child Passenger Safety Program, $1,500.00
• New Paltz Town & Village Police Department, Police Traffic Service,$5,060.00
• Rosendale Town Police Departmen, Police Traffic Service, $2,850.00
• Ulster Co. Community College, Child Passenger Safety Program, $5,400.00
• Ulster Co. Community College, UC Comprehensive Community Traffic Safety Programs, $82,748.00
• Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Child Passenger Safety Program, $6,500.00
• Ulster County Sheriff's Office, Police Traffic Service, $10,725.00