NY Gives Orangetown Police A $14,000 Highway Safety Grant

PEARL RIVER, NY — The Orangetown Police Department is among the local 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:

• Clarkstown Police Department: Police Traffic Service $19,250
• Rockland Community Outreach Center: Child Passenger Safety Program $6,350.00
• Rockland Community Outreach Center: Always be Careful $38,520.00
• Haverstraw Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $10,230.00
• Orangetown Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $14,000.00
• Piermont Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $7,400.00
• Ramapo Town Police Department: Pedestrian Enforcement and Education $13,060.00
• Ramapo Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $30,765.00
• Rockland County Department of Health: Pedestrian & Bicycling Safety & Driver Awareness in Rockland $46,625.00
• Rockland County Sheriff's Office: Child Passenger Safety Program $2,900.00
• Rockland County Sheriff's Office: Police Traffic Service $10,450.00
• South Nyack-Grand View Village Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,300.00
• South Nyack-Grand View Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $6,400.00
• Spring Valley Village Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,950.00
• Spring Valley Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $15,312.00
• Stony Point Town Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,000.00
• Stony Point Town Police Department: Police Traffic Service $10,925.00
• Suffern Village Police Department: Police Traffic Service $9,500.00