This past Wednesday, May 11, at the New Jersey Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in Atlantic City, League Senior Legislative Analyst Paul Penna participated in a panel: American Rescue Plan and Infrastructure Program Funds: Leveraging Federal, State, and County Funds for Municipal Use. Other panelists included Mary Cruz, Chief of Staff to Congressman Norcross; Dan Kelly, Executive Director, Governor’s Disaster Recovery Office; and Richard Sun, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Governor and New Jersey Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Coordinator. The panel was moderated by Fanwood Mayor Colleen Mahr, NJLM Past President.
The panel discussed available resources and strategies for municipalities to obtain federal funds in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and how best to utilize State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds municipalities received through the American Rescue Plan.
Contact: Paul Penna, Senior Legislative Analyst, ppenna@njlm.org, 609-695-3481, x110.