Manhattan to receive $330K for coronavirus response, seeks feedback on CDBG plan

Manhattan is moving forward with the creation of its five-year consolidated Community Development Block Grant plan, and will be getting additional federal funding for COVID-19 response.
City Commissioners Tuesday via ZOOM discussed priorities for the federal CDBG grants intended to benefit low and moderate income residents and neighborhoods and allocated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Administration is anticipating funding in the $850,000 range….
Manhattan’s 2020 allocation will be nearly $560,000 and about $330,000 for pandemic response programs, reimbursements and creating or leasing new alternate care sites if needed — though the federal government has not approved exact guidelines for COVID-19 response fund use.
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