SENATE COMMUNITY AND URBAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 2084

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  NOVEMBER 15, 2021

      The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 2084.

      This bill appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community Affairs for disbursement to the City of Jersey City.  The bill requires this funding to be utilized to conduct a study to examine the need for mass transit and green space at the Bergen Arches, which is an abandoned railroad corridor cutting through the Palisades in Jersey City.