Newburgh to Apply for $120,000 DCJS Grant to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence

The City of Newburgh announced Feb. 23, 2026 that it will apply for a $120,000 grant from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services to fund initiatives targeted at reducing intimate partner violence. The municipal announcement said the application is part of a broader state effort but did not provide details on program design, partners, or timelines.

The DCJS application arrives amid a larger influx of state and federal dollars into Newburgh. City statements say Newburgh has received more than $10 million in state funding from Governor Kathy Hochul for Liberty Street housing production, green infrastructure and environmental resiliency, and for Newburgh Landing. The city noted a $2 million state award to advance Newburgh Landing, and the city said that award builds on a $4 million federal grant secured by Congressmember Pat Ryan for the waterfront project.

State and city documents provide concrete housing figures that frame the scale of current investment. Empire State Development lists a $6.89 million Pro-Housing Supply Fund grant to Newburgh that will modernize water, gas, sewer and road infrastructure and "allow for at least three new mixed use housing projects to move forward, creating 209 new mixed income apartments in downtown Newburgh." The City of Newburgh has described the same Liberty Street corridor work as facilitating "more than 200 new homes."

Municipal records filed with the council underscore concurrent local spending and contractual actions. Resolution No. 255-2023 authorized reallocation of $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the City of Newburgh Small Business Assistance Grant Program and set grant award amounts at $10,000 each. Resolution No. 256-2023 concerns Amendment No. 1 to NYS DEC PFOS Expense Reimbursement Contract C012469 and authorizes the City Manager to seek reimbursement of additional costs the city incurred while providing an alternate source of drinking water. Council materials also list a payment of $35,700 to Paula Joseph as administrator of the estate of Maurice Kessler and reference the Newburgh Housing Report Working Paper I: Housing Needs Assessment dated June 4, 2021, prepared with Kevin Dwarka LLC and managed by the Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund.

The February 23 announcement did not specify how Newburgh would allocate the $120,000 DCJS request across services, staffing, training, or partner organizations, nor did it state whether the city has already submitted an application or will need matching funds. Those program-level details are necessary to assess the grant's potential impact on victim services, law enforcement response, or community prevention work.

For context on scale, federal and state planning dollars of $120,000 have been used elsewhere to seed regional initiatives; an Economic Development Administration example shows a $120,000 award supporting a regional co-working network in Maryland. Whether Newburgh's $120,000 DCJS bid becomes a local program investment will depend on DCJS award decisions and on the city's follow-up disclosures tying the IPV effort to existing housing, infrastructure, and public health initiatives. City officials have not yet released additional specifics about the DCJS application.