Announcement: Record Breaking $18.91 Million Secured for Jamaica Bay!
Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy
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Senator Charles Schumer Secures Record Breaking $18.91 Million for Jamaica Bay! |
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Stony Creek Marsh, Jamaica Bay, New York |
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The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy joins the Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers, the American Littoral Society and partners in congratulating and thanking U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, staff, and all federal partners, for their advocacy on behalf of the Jamaica Bay Stony Creek Marsh Restoration, and the entire Hudson Raritan Estuary Project, securing much needed design and construction funding for this important restoration project. This latest batch of funding, secured in two major bipartisan pieces of legislation—the recently passed 2022 Omnibus, and the infrastructure bill—brought in $27.2 million to the Hudson Raritan Estuary Project, which includes other sites in the New York region, with $18.91 million directly for the Jamaica Bay Stony Creek Marsh Restoration project. This funding covers both the design phase and full federal construction costs. Stony Creek Marsh is an important marsh island in Jamaica Bay that has been degraded and fragmented over time. Once completed, this project will restore over 50 acres of marsh in the bay, creating important habitat and helping clean our waterways, and will provide protection to local communities from extreme weather. |
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Senator Schumer, along with Senator Gillibrand, recently wrote a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling for full federal funding to be allocated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to this project, and they came through! As a longtime friend of Jamaica Bay, Senator Schumer has always delivered for us, and now has secured funding for this vital restoration project.
This critical funding will support restoration of Jamaica Bay's important ecosystems and protect Southern Brooklyn and Southern Queens from extreme weather events. The Stony Creek Marsh restoration project builds on prior investments by the city, state, and federal government to restore and clean the bay – efforts first led by the coastal communities of Jamaica Bay and championed by Senator Schumer and other elected officials. Learn more about this historic level of infrastructure funding here. |
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The Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy is dedicated to improving the 10,000 acres of public parkland throughout Jamaica Bay and the Rockaway peninsula for local residents and visitors alike. Thank you to our non-profit, corporate and governmental partners helping to fulfill our mission.
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