NY Gives Peekskill $15K In Highway Safety Grants

PEEKSKILL, NY — Peekskill's 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:

• Briarcliff Manor Police Department: Police Traffic Service $8,280
• Croton-on-Hudson: Child Passenger Safety Program $500
• Croton-on-Hudson: Police Traffic Service $7,150
• Ossining Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,500
• Ossining Police Department: Primera Iniciativa de Seguridad (Safety First Initiative) $5,825
• Ossining Police Department: Police Traffic Service $6,375
• Peekskill Police Department: Child Passenger Safety Program $1,105
• Peekskill Police Department: Police Traffic Service $13,860
• Pleasantville Police Department: Police Traffic Service $7,740