NY Secretary of State Mosley Unveils $200 Million Downtown Revitalization Grants in Peekskill

Published on August 7, 2024

New York Secretary of State Walter Mosley announced at an Aug. 6 Peekskill forum the newest round of investment into two signature department programs aimed at revitalizing downtowns in small cities, villages, and hamlets across the state. Each of the two flagship grant programs—Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) and NY Forward—is set to receive a $100 million infusion. The former is focused on relatively bigger urban centers, while the latter on downtowns in more suburban and rural areas. “Although I’ve only been in office for two months, I’ve been to Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, Albany, and now we are here [at our last stop],” Mosley told The Epoch Times of his statewide tour of past grant recipients....

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