NEWARK, N.J. — Today, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced $191.6 million in funding for New Jersey programs he secured in the Fiscal Year 2024 government funding bills.
“One of my highest privileges and priorities in Washington is to fight to bring home federal resources to invest in worthy New Jersey projects,” Booker said. “The New Jersey projects funded in this bill include vital investments in our infrastructure and in the leaders who work tirelessly, often away from the limelight, to improve their communities. These projects will create jobs, grow local economies, improve healthcare, and protect families. I’m grateful to the organizations, community leaders, and government leaders who, with this funding, will further improve the quality of life for New Jerseyans.”
In total, Booker, working alongside New Jersey’s congressional delegation, secured $191.6 million for 150 projects in cities and townships across New Jersey for FY2024. This year’s award represents an increase in both the total funding and the number of individual projects Booker sponsored last year ($166.2 million for 130 projects).
“As Senator, it has been my ongoing priority to fight for the funding that New Jersey needs, and I’m proud to have directed even more federal funding back to New Jersey this year,” Booker said.
The latest government funding bill encompasses a range of projects aimed at improving community infrastructure, enhancing public services, and fostering sustainable development. It allocates resources for accessible buses for senior and disabled residents and the construction of affordable housing for veterans. Environmental initiatives receiving funding include tree planting, improving walkability in downtowns, and promoting public transportation.
Technology upgrades aimed at improving public safety and supporting small businesses received support, including investments in new police vehicles, security systems for municipal buildings, and technology to bolster small businesses. Warren Community College’s cutting-edge program to use unmanned systems technology to improve farm management—integrating technology and agriculture—was also funded.
Economic development and educational programs also received significant funding. The bill provides dollars to broaden the reach of the Hudson Scholars Program, improve vocational training in public safety, and construct facilities for medical education and mental health treatment.
Funding highlights include:
The projects funded by the bill reflect a comprehensive approach to enhancing New Jerseyans’ quality of life, lowering costs, improving public safety, and empowering students, veterans, first responders, and entrepreneurs.
Booker fought to defeat efforts from Republican House members to strike funding for any services designed to benefit the LGBTQ+ community from this year’s government funding bills. Among the threatened projects was a $400,000 award to New Jersey’s leading LGBTQ+ serving organization, Garden State Equality, to support LGBTQ+ youth with trauma-informed strategies.
“I’m proud to stand with New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ community,” Booker said. “We must fight back against attacks on their dignity and send a resounding message of compassion, inclusivity, and respect.”
|
Recipient |
Project |
Award Amount |
|
Abilities of Northwest Jersey Inc |
Abilities Incredible People |
$127,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Lower Cape May Meadows and Cape May Point, NJ |
$8,000,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
New York & New Jersey Harbor Deepening Channel Improvements, NY & NJ |
$7,000,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Camden, Section 219, NJ |
$2,000,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Jefferson, Section 219, NJ |
$750,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Whippany River, NJ |
$700,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Manasquan River, NJ |
$445,000 |
|
Army Corps of Engineers |
Absecon Inlet, Atlantic City, NJ |
$100,000 |
|
Army National Guard |
National Guard Readiness Center: Planning and Design |
$1,900,000 |
|
Atlantic City International Airport |
Atlantic City International (ACY) - Cargo Taxiway |
$2,154,000 |
|
Atlantic City International Airport--Air National Guard |
Consolidated Dining, Services, and Fitness Center: Planning and Design. |
$2,000,000 |
|
Atlantic City International Airport--Air National Guard |
F–16 Mission Training Center: Planning and Design |
$1,100,000 |
|
Bergen Community College |
BCC Business Accelerator and LatinxCEO Projects |
$75,000 |
|
Bergen County Sheriff’s Office |
Safety and Critical Incident Response Equipment |
$447,000 |
|
Berkeley Heights Township |
Berkeley Heights Township for Sewer and Stormwater Improvements |
$2,000,000 |
|
Bordentown |
Bordentown Sewerage Authority for Blacks Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements |
$1,803,000 |
|
Borough of Audubon |
Borough of Audubon for increasing our tree canopy and planting native plants for Monarch Waystations |
$48,000 |
|
Borough of Bergenfield |
Emergency Services Communications Improvement Project |
$1,000,000 |
|
Borough of Bradley Beach |
Bradley Beach Main Street Improvements |
$1,416,279 |
|
Borough of Carteret |
Carteret OEM Building Renovation and Expansion Project |
$637,195 |
|
Borough of Collingswood |
Borough of Collingswood for Comly Ave Water Treatment Plant Project |
$959,752 |
|
Borough of Dumont |
Borough of Dumont for Dixon Avenue Improvement Project |
$808,000 |
|
Borough of Edgewater |
Borough of Edgewater for River Road Sewer Outfall Project |
$880,000 |
|
Borough of Elmwood Park |
Borough of Elmwood Park Market Street Improvement Project |
$732,786 |
|
Borough of Fairview |
Borough of Fairview for Storm Water and Sanitary Sewer Improvements Project |
$959,752 |
|
Borough of Fort Lee |
Borough of Fort Lee for Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements |
$248,000 |
|
Borough of Gibbsboro |
Silver Lake Redevelopment, Borough of Gibbsboro, Camden County, New Jersey |
$750,000 |
|
Borough of Glassboro |
Glassboro Senior Bus Replacement, Borough of Glassboro, New Jersey |
$880,000 |
|
Borough of Haddonfield |
Borough of Haddonfield Police Department HQ |
$500,000 |
|
Borough of Leonia |
Borough of Leonia for Sewer System Infiltration Inflow Rehabilitation Project |
$720,000 |
|
Borough of Lodi |
Borough of Lodi for Sewer Improvements |
$844,376 |
|
Borough of Madison |
Drew University Forest Preservation |
$4,116,279 |
|
Borough of Merchantville |
Merchantville Multi-Use Path Safety and Accessibility, Borough of Merchantville, Camden County, New Jersey |
$850,000 |
|
Borough of Mount Arlington |
Security Improvements for Mount Arlington |
$277,000 |
|
Borough of New Milford |
Borough of New Milford for Sewer Pipe Replacement |
$365,395 |
|
Borough of Oakland |
Borough of Oakland Superstructure Replacement of Patriots Way Bridge Project |
$1,000,000 |
|
Borough of Paramus |
Communications Equipment |
$963,000 |
|
Borough of Paulsboro |
Paulsboro Municipal Building Reconstruction |
$1,000,000 |
|
Borough of Pine Hill |
Pine Hill Rec Center Rehabilitation Project, Borough of Pine Hill, Camden County, New Jersey |
$850,000 |
|
Borough of Pompton Lakes |
Borough of Pompton Lakes Historic Library Restoration Project |
$500,000 |
|
Borough of Red Bank |
Borough of Red Bank for Lead Pipe Removal and Replacement Project |
$959,752 |
|
Borough of Stanhope |
Water Tower Installation |
$3,300,000 |
|
Borough of Woodcliff Lake |
Security Cameras |
$160,000 |
|
Capital Health System |
Capital Health System, Inc., NJ, for facilities and equipment |
$1,500,000 |
|
City of Cape May |
City of Cape May for Water Desalination Facility Improvements |
$1,750,000 |
|
City of Clifton |
Clifton Emergency Operations Center |
$637,195 |
|
City of East Orange |
Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard (MLK) Phase II Streetscaping Improvements Project |
$3,385,000 |
|
City of Elizabeth |
City of Elizabeth for Lead Service Line Replacement Project |
$959,752 |
|
City of Englewood |
City of Englewood for Stormwater Drainage Improvement |
$1,440,000 |
|
City of Garfield |
City of Garfield for Drainage Improvement Project |
$959,752 |
|
City of Hoboken |
City of Hoboken for Water Metering Improvements |
$959,752 |
|
City of Linden |
Wood Avenue Signal Improvement Project |
$850,000 |
|
City of Linden |
First Responder Vehicle Acquisition |
$400,000 |
|
City of Linden |
Senior Transportation Bus |
$155,000 |
|
City of Linden |
Senior transportation and mobility improvements |
$1,000,000 |
|
City of Newark |
Newark Safe Gateway Pedestrianization and Traffic Calming Project |
$4,031,000 |
|
City of Orange Township |
Orange Centralized Emergency Services Center Project |
$1,312,000 |
|
City of Orange Township |
City of Orange Township for Water Infrastructure Upgrades |
$600,000 |
|
City of Passaic |
City of Passaic McDonald Brook and Benson Avenue Realignment Flood Control Project |
$1,666,279 |
|
City of Passaic |
McDonald Brook Channel and Benson Avenue Realignment Flood Control Project. |
$380,000 |
|
City of Paterson |
Great Falls Pedestrian Bridge in the City of Paterson |
$1,000,000 |
|
City of Paterson |
Ivanhoe Wheelhouse Rehabilitation and Adaptive Reuse |
$1,000,000 |
|
City of Plainfield |
Plainfield Route 28 Improvements Project |
$4,000,000 |
|
City of Rahway |
City of Rahway for Lead Service Line Replacements |
$1,250,000 |
|
City of Trenton |
Trenton Entrepreneur Accelerator Space Project |
$800,000 |
|
City of Woodbury |
City of Woodbury Storm Water Sewer Infrastructure Reconstruction |
$531,000 |
|
Community Loan Fund of New Jersey, Inc. |
East Trenton Library Community Center |
$700,000 |
|
County College of Morris |
County College of Morris (CCM) Workforce Development Center |
$1,000,000 |
|
County of Bergen |
Bergen County River Road Soil Stabilization Project |
$1,550,000 |
|
County of Burlington |
Burlington County Emergency Operations Center |
$637,195 |
|
County of Camden |
Policing Equipment and Technology Upgrades |
$963,000 |
|
County of Hudson |
Reconstruction of the Newark Jersey City Turnpike |
$5,000,000 |
|
County of Middlesex |
County of Middlesex, NJ, for a healthcare workforce training project, including curriculum development and the purchase of equipment |
$1,400,000 |
|
County of Passaic |
Paterson-Newark Transit Market Project |
$1,200,000 |
|
County of Union |
County of Union, New Jersey, NJ, to improve access to human services, including equipment |
$1,880,000 |
|
Deborah Heart and Lung Center |
Deborah Heart and Lung Center, NJ, for equipment |
$1,500,000 |
|
Downe Township |
Sewer Infrastructure Improvements |
$4,000,000 |
|
Elizabeth Development Company |
Campus Expansion Project, Elizabeth, NJ |
$850,000 |
|
Finishing Trades Institute of the Mid Atlantic Region |
Springfield Campus Renovation |
$936,000 |
|
Florence Township |
Florence Township for Water Main Extension Potts Mill Road to Rt 130 |
$783,382 |
|
Foodshed Alliance |
Creating a Center for Food, Farming and the Environment to Foster a Resilient, Robust, Equitable and Climate-Smart Local Food System in NJ |
$260,000 |
|
Garden State Equality |
Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc., NJ, for trauma-informed strategies to support LGBTQ+ youth |
$400,000 |
|
Gloucester City Police Department |
Security Camera and Technology Project |
$800,000 |
|
Hamilton Township |
Hamilton Free Public Library Renovations Project |
$1,567,179 |
|
Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May |
Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May, NJ, for educational programming, curriculum development, and arts education |
$421,000 |
|
Hoboken |
Phase III – Water Infrastructure Upgrades |
$2,738,000 |
|
Holmdel Township |
Holmdel Horn Property Acquisition |
$500,000 |
|
Hudson County Community College |
Hudson County Community College (HCCC), NJ, for the Hudson Scholars Program |
$1,000,000 |
|
Hunterdon County |
Hunterdon County Emergency Services Training Center Phase 2 and 3. |
$3,192,000 |
|
Ironbound Community Corporation |
ICC Facilities Renovations |
$1,000,000 |
|
Jersey City Redevelopment Agency |
Bayfront Promenade |
$1,616,279 |
|
Kessler Foundation |
Neuroimaging Scanner Equipment Upgrade |
$963,000 |
|
Latin American Economic Development Association, Inc |
LAEDA Food Business Development Center |
$500,000 |
|
Lumberton Township |
Lumberton Community Center Construction |
$850,000 |
|
Monmouth University |
Ecological Resilience in the HudsonRaritan |
$625,000 |
|
Neptune Township |
Shark River Living Shoreline—Phase II |
$1,145,000 |
|
Neptune Township |
Wesley Lake Pedestrian Bridge Improvements |
$1,000,000 |
|
New Jersey Institute of Technology |
Ground-based Simulator for In-space Refueling Cryogenic Propellants |
$566,000 |
|
New Jersey Transit (Township of Edison is sub-recipient) |
Edison Light Transit (ELT) |
$1,600,000 |
|
Newark Mentoring Movement |
Newark Mentoring Movement, NJ, for a school-based mentoring initiative |
$135,000 |
|
NJ |
Hillside Township Burnett Street Storm Sewer Improvements |
$1,000,000 |
|
NJ |
Route 522 Realignment Extension |
$850,000 |
|
NJ SOS Veteran Stakeholders Group |
Veteran Housing Assistance Project |
$500,000 |
|
Nutley Public School District |
Replacement of Fire Alarms and Smoke Detectors for Nutley Public Schools |
$500,000 |
|
Project Self-Sufficiency of Sussex County |
Rural Transportation Relief |
$291,000 |
|
Riverside Township |
Riverside Township Municipal Building and Community Center |
$500,000 |
|
Rowan University |
Rowan University, NJ, for a regenerative food systems program, including the purchase of equipment |
$1,000,000 |
|
Rutgers University-New Brunswick |
Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ, for facilities and equipment |
$2,000,000 |
|
Rutgers University-Newark |
Re-Entry Opportunity Program for Entrepreneurship in Newark (RE–OPEN) |
$1,000,000 |
|
Rutgers, The State University (for NJSBDC at Rutgers-Newark/RBS). |
NJThrives Virtual Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Initiative |
$300,000 |
|
Senior Citizens United Community Services, Inc |
Affordable Senior Housing, Cherry Hill and Berlin, Camden County |
$850,000 |
|
Seton Hall University |
Scientific Research Equipment for Seton Hall University |
$963,000 |
|
Soldier On, Inc. |
Veterans and Senior Village at West Deptford |
$900,000 |
|
South Ward Promise Neighborhood |
South Ward Promise Neighborhood Community Grocery Store |
$750,000 |
|
Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey |
Technology Upgrades for SHCCNJ’s Development Training Center |
$124,000 |
|
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Extreme Event Coastal Preparedness and Response System |
$900,000 |
|
Sussex County Community College |
Sussex County Community College, NJ, for the Public Safety Training Academy, including the purchase of equipment |
$546,000 |
|
The Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges |
West Essex YMCA Facility Construction |
$850,000 |
|
The Township of Berkeley |
Western Boulevard Extension Project |
$1,000,000 |
|
The Valley Hospital |
The Valley Hospital, NJ, for facilities and equipment |
$3,100,000 |
|
Town of Guttenberg |
Town of Guttenberg for Combined Sewer Overflow Pipe Improvement Project |
$959,752 |
|
Township of Belleville |
Automatic License Plate Reader Project |
$447,000 |
|
Township of Belleville |
Township of Belleville for Lead Line Replacement |
$959,752 |
|
Township of Burlington |
Township of Burlington for Sludge Dewatering Project |
$959,752 |
|
Township of East Windsor |
Senior Citizen Transportation Bus |
$225,000 |
|
Township of Evesham |
Gibson House Community Center Accessibility Improvements Project |
$200,000 |
|
Township of Hanover |
Whippany River Regional Improvement Initiative, Phase Two |
$500,000 |
|
Township of Lacey |
Railroad Avenue Extension |
$6,000,000 |
|
Township of Lakewood |
Water, Sewer, and Road Improvements |
$1,061,469 |
|
Township of Lyndhurst |
Township of Lyndhurst for Lead Service Line Replacement |
$959,752 |
|
Township of Marlboro |
Marlboro Township Police Communication Equipment Upgrades |
$930,000 |
|
Township of Monroe |
Installation of Security Cameras and Entry Control System |
$167,000 |
|
Township of Mount Olive |
Township of Mount Olive Stormwater Management Improvement |
$600,000 |
|
Township of North Bergen |
Township of North Bergen for Liberty Avenue Sewer and Drainage Improvements Project |
$2,380,000 |
|
Township of Old Bridge |
Police Technology Upgrades |
$1,302,000 |
|
Township of Pemberton |
Township of Pemberton for Lakehurst Road Sewer Interceptor Relining Project |
$910,431 |
|
Township of Quinton |
Acquisition of a New Pumper Truck |
$746,000 |
|
Township of Scotch Plains |
Scotch Plains Emergency Operations Center |
$2,700,255 |
|
Township of Teaneck |
Township of Teaneck for Old New Bridge Road Sewer Project |
$560,000 |
|
Township of Wayne |
Township of Wayne for Mountain View Pump Station Rehabilitation Project |
$959,752 |
|
Township of West Orange |
Township of West Orange for Pump Stations Project |
$959,752 |
|
Township of Woodbridge |
Woodbridge Waterfront Walkway, Township of Woodbridge, NJ |
$4,000,000 |
|
University Hospital |
University Hospital, NJ, for emergency response vehicles and equipment |
$4,000,000 |
|
Village of Ridgefield Park |
Village of Ridgefield Park for Sewer Infrastructure Project |
$976,031 |
|
Warren Community College |
Warren Community College, NJ, for a precision agriculture technology project |
$699,000 |
|
Westampton Township |
Westampton Township |
$1,000,000 |
|
Women’s Rights Information Center |
Legal Assistance Program for Low-Income Victims of Crime |
$330,000 |
|
Woodbine Municipal Airport (OBI) |
Drone Port |
$6,900,000 |
|
YMCA of Greater Monmouth County |
Freehold Family YMCA Revitalization |
$949,100 |
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